Larry Lade
Moderator
225. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, sitting on a barbed wire fence near Muskrat Lake, Saint Joseph, Missouri.
Embarrassingly, I must rescind the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher from my post of yesterday. Today I went back to the same spot on Muskrat Lake and got a much closer, better look at the bird. It was, in fact, a Western Kingbird. Senior moment, over-anxious for a SSFL, "dust got in my eye" (it was raining), whatever, I just thought I better own up to making a goof. Somewhat of a consolation was the fact that today there were two BLACK-NECKED STILTS at Muskrat Lake (I am sure I did not misidentify them)!
So, my 2011 Missouri Bird List stays at 224.