There was a post at AR-Bird this morning regarding a sighting of a nesting pair of Western Kingbirds on Sloane Drive off of Fourche Dam Pike off of I-440. Angie and I went there this evening and they were there. Not much else but once we found the spot, I saw the first while still in the car. Here are two images that I was able to pull from the mostly backlit birds.
Cook’s Landing 6/21/2009
Since I went to the Ozark National Forest yesterday, getting up at 4AM and then topped that off with a star party at Pinnacle Mountain State Park getting home at midnight, I decided to sleep in (till 5:45 as it turned out) and go close to home. I chose Cook’s Landing and I think I chose well. I did not see anything exotic, p[perhaps not even anything I haven’t already seen this month, but I did see a lot. In two hours, I saw 42 species which was 12 more than I saw in the entire 6+ hours in the national forest. I walked close to 5 miles according to the pedometer and I was looking for the end during that last mile.
Species seen or heard:
- Killdeer
- Northern Mockingbird
- Common Grackle
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Northern Cardinal
- Carolina Wren
- European Starling
- Wood Duck
- Orchard Oriole
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Purple Martin
- Cliff Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Swallow sp.
- Eastern Kingbird
- Mourning Dove
- Rock Pigeon
- Blue Jay
- American Crow
- Chimney Swift
- Carolina Wren
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Carolina Chickadee
- Tufted Titmouse
- White-eyed Vireo
- Indigo Bunting
- Eastern Phoebe
- Green Heron
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Northern Parula
- Summer Tanager
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Belted Kingfisher
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
- Fish Crow
- American Robin
- Northern Flicker
- Common Yellowthroat
- Eastern Towhee
- Mallard
- Dickcissel
Ozark National Forest 6/20/2009
Sam and I joined ASCA for a field trip to the Ozark National Forest for a look at breeding warbler. We started at a spot a little east of Pelsor, then worked our way back down south along highway 7 stopping at Page Hollow and Granny Gap road. It was a hot sunny day and we were worn out by the end. Our total species count was rather low but we did get most of our target birds and Sam picked up several life birds.
Species seen or heard:
- Acadian Flycatcher
- American Goldfinch
- Black-and-white Warbler
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cerulean Warbler
- Chimney Swift
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Towhee
- Hooded Warbler
- Hooded Warbler
- Indigo Bunting
- Kentucky Warbler
- Northern Cardinal
- Ovenbird
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Prairie Warbler
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Tufted Titmouse
- White-eyed Vireo
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-throated Vireo
- Yellow-throated Warbler
