Kansas (Statewide) RBA
March 20, 2010
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:22:30 -0700
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-RBA
*Kansas
*Statewide
*March 20, 2010
*KSST1003.20
-Species Mentioned
White-winged Dove
Gray Catbird
Chipping Sparrow
House Wren
Northern Shrike
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL
American Black Duck
Whooping Crane
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan
-Transcript
Date: March 20, 2010
Coverage: Statewide
Compiler/Transcriber: Jeff Calhoun
Compiled: March 20, 2010
Welcome to the Kansas Statewide Rare Bird Alert compiled by the Kansas
Ornithological Society. This report was prepared on Saturday, March 20.
Recent sightings from around the state include:
As many as eleven swans have been observed at Quivira National Wildlife
Refuge recently, including both TUNDRA SWANS and TRUMPETER SWANS.
One WHOOPING CRANE was observed within a large flock of Sandhill Cranes at
Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area on March 18.
One AMERICAN BLACK DUCK was observed at Quivira National Wildlife Refuge on
March 14.
A first winter GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL was observed at Cheyenne Bottoms
Wildlife Area on March 13.
A NORTHERN SHRIKE was observed in a Manhattan backyard on March 12.
A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was coming to feeders in Mulvane from March 7-12.
Some spring arrivals have occurred in Kansas early, including a GRAY CATBIRD
in Wichita on March 9, CHIPPING SPARROWS at Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
and a HOUSE WREN in Manhattan on March 10.
That concludes this report from the Kansas Ornithological Society.
-End transcript
Jeff Calhoun
Wichita, Kansas