Kansas (Statewide) RBA
December 29, 2009
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:54:02 -0700
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-RBA
*Kansas
*Statewide
*December 29, 2009
*KSST0912.29
-Species Mentioned
Tundra Swan
Glaucous Gull
Rough-legged Hawk
Eastern Phoebe
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Western Tanager
Canyon Towhee
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Snow Bunting
-Transcript
Date: December 29, 2009
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler/Transcriber: Jeff Calhoun
Compiled: December 29, 2009
Welcome to the Kansas Statewide Rare Bird Alert compiled by the Kansas
Ornithological Society. This report was prepared on Tuesday, December 29.
Transcriber's Note: Birds listed in ALL CAPS in the Species Mentioned
section signify that the Revised Checklist of Kansas Birds lists them as
Occasional, Accidental, Extirpated, or never having occurred before for the
season being reported.
Recent sightings from around the state include:
One young GLAUCOUS GULL was observed at Fall River Lake in Greenwood County
on December 22.
Four TUNDRA SWANS and one EASTERN PHOEBE were recorded on the Sawyer
Christmas Bird Count on December 22.
The hardy Larned WESTERN TANAGER was a casualty of the harsh winter storm
and she was collected December 24.
A single SNOW BUNTING was observed near Phillipsburg on December 25.
The Cimarron National Grasslands and Junction City CBCs were conducted on
December 27. The Cimarron National Grasslands count recorded one GRAY
CATBIRD and one CANYON TOWHEE while the Junction City count recorded one
BROWN THRASHER and two CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS.
One ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was observed in Douglas County in northeastern Kansas
on December 28.
That concludes this report from the Kansas Ornithological Society.
-End transcript
Jeff Calhoun
Wichita, Kansas