Larry Lade
Moderator
I led a birding field trip this morning to Mark Youngdahl Urban Conservation Area, Saint Joseph, Missouri. It was threatening rain, but it held off until we concluded our walk. There were only seven (7) participants but we found some nice birds. I actually ended up with a new 2012 Missouri bird.
134. Brown Thrasher
Later, I drove around the oxbow lakes region south of Saint Joseph and added two more birds to my year list.
135. Willet, at Horseshoe Lake, Saint Joseph, Missouri
And the "frosting on the cake":
136. Piping Plover, Muskrat Lake, Saint Joseph, Missouri
This plover is an endangered and threated species here and I have only seen it several times over the last 30 years!
134. Brown Thrasher
Later, I drove around the oxbow lakes region south of Saint Joseph and added two more birds to my year list.
135. Willet, at Horseshoe Lake, Saint Joseph, Missouri
And the "frosting on the cake":
136. Piping Plover, Muskrat Lake, Saint Joseph, Missouri
This plover is an endangered and threated species here and I have only seen it several times over the last 30 years!