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  1. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    I got an unexpected "year bird" for Missouri this morning at the Saint Joseph Stockyards, Saint Joseph, Missouri. My bird was in with a small flock of Eurasian Collared-Doves which were perched in a small, leafless, deciduous tree in the stockyards area. 256. White-winged Dove
  2. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    To see photos of this heavily barred Snowy Owl Brenda and I saw at Smithville Lake, Smithville, Missouri, click here.
  3. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    In post # 614 I said unless I see a Snowy Owl, Snow Bunting or some such thing I would probably not add any new year birds for Missouri in 2008. Well, my wife, Brenda, and I drove down to Smithville Lake, Smithville, Missouri, to look for the reported Snowy Owl there. Lo and behold, we did find...
  4. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    My last bird for Missouri this year was: 253. Rough-legged Hawk, December 5, 2008 at Monkey Mountain Conservation Area, near Forbes, Missouri. So unless I see a Snowy Owl, Snow Bunting, or some other new bird, I will end up this year this a total of 253 birds.
  5. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    We had our Saint Joseph Christmas Bird Count (CBC) yesterday, the 20th. My group got the Prairie Falcon for a "good" bird of the day. That, however, was not a "year bird". I was able to add a "new" year bird (not a new species), a Northern Flicker! What is so special about a Northern Flicker you...
  6. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    Five (5) 'lifers" after twenty (20) years on your "home turf" is pretty awesome, Charles! Way to go!
  7. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    November 3, 2008, Missouri 2008 Year List 252. LeConte's Sparrow at Green Acres Golf Course, Chillicothe, Missouri
  8. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    I have counted up my new "world birds" added during my Ecuadorian birding trip and have come up with 245, making my current world list 1336.
  9. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    Added about 250 new birds to my World List during a recent birding trip to Ecuador, October 5 to October 19, 2008. Added two more for my 2008 Missouri List October 20, 2008 250. Ferruginous Hawk, near Muskat Lake, Saint Joseph, Missouri October 24, 2008 251. Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow...
  10. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    The following birds were seen around Camp Clover Point in the Lake of the Ozarks State Park (Missouri) last week-end (September 26, 27 & 28). 246. Carolina Chickadee 247. Pine Warbler 248. Scarlet Tanager 249. Eastern Screech-Owl
  11. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    244. Philadelphia Vireo, Missouri Western State University Campus, Saint Joseph, Missouri. 245. Black-crowned Night-Heron, Thompson River Wetland, Chillicothe, Missouri.
  12. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    August 28 at Missouri Western State University Campus, Saint Joseph, Missouri 242. Canada Warbler 243. Wilson's Warbler
  13. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    August 20 239. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Missouri Western State University Campus, St. Joseph, Missouri August 25 240. Common Moorhen, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Mound City, Missouri August 26 241. Mourning Warbler, Missouri Western State University Campus, St. Joseph, Missouri
  14. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    [COLOR=red] It has been a long time since I got a "year bird" for Missouri. August 16 238. Sedge Wren, seen at Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Sumner, Missouri
  15. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    I have not seen either of the night-herons in Missouri this year. I am hoping for one or both tomorrow up at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge.
  16. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    June 23 235. Yellow-breasted Chat, Poosey Conservation Area near Chillicothe, Missouri June 24 236. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, near Chillicothe, Missouri 237. Henslow's Sparrow, near Chillicothe, Missouri
  17. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    OK, Ian, I think that clears it up! I just thought that maybe you struck a wrong key for the 231.
  18. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    So, Ian, is it 231 (2) or 271 (2) for the year?
  19. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    234. Olive-sided Flycatcher, near Sprake marsh, Saint Joseph, Missouri.
  20. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    May 28, 2008 Missouri Year Birds 231. Little Blue Heron, "Sprake" marsh, Saint Joseph, Missouri 232. Ruddy Turnstone, at Lake Contrary, Saint Joseph, Missouri 233. Sanderling, at Horseshoe Lake, Saint Joseph, Missouri
  21. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    Missouri Year List (update) May 26, 2008 226. Black-bellied Plover, at Horseshoe Lake, Saint Joseph, Missouri 227. Yellow-billed Cuckoo, at "Sprake" marsh, Saint Joseph, Missouri May 27, 2008 228. Willow Flycatcher, at Bob Brown Conservation Area, Forest City, Missouri 229. Snowy Egret, at...
  22. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    225. Common Nighthawk, Saint Joseph, Missouri
  23. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    A few more Missouri Year Birds today! At Horseshoe Lake, Saint Joseph, Missouri 219. Caspian Tern, four Along Northwest Parkway, Saint Joseph, Missouri 220. Blackpoll Warbler, several 221. Black-throated Green Warbler, several 222. Blackburnian Warbler, two 223. Magnolia Warbler, one 224...
  24. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    So what was your fourth "lifer", Jeff! The Philadelphia Vireo?
  25. Larry Lade

    How is your 2008 List Going?

    Today I birded Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Mound City, Missouri. It was a very good outing! I tallied 115 species (about 100 at Squaw Creek NWR and the other fifteen along the back roads coming back home to Saint Joseph). 210. White-rumped Sandpiper 211. Black-necked Stilt 212. Least...
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