Subject: Wichita
Date: Apr 11 19:26:37 1999
From: ddally at uswest.net - ddally at uswest.net


Took a two-week trip to Wichita, KS from 3/28 to 4/9/99 on
Boeing business. It was my first experience birding east of
the Rockies so there were plenty of lifers. Mostly on
Saturday, 4/3/99 species sighted on a cooler than normal day
than mostly experienced there were (no counts):

GREAT BLUE HERON
CANADA GOOSE
MALLARD
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK (lifer)
GADWALL
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
RUDDY DUCK
BUFFLEHEAD
HOODED MERGANSER
COMMON MERGANSER
AMERICAN COOT
KILLDEER
HERRING GULL
RED-TAILED HAWK
AMERICAN KESTREL
NORTHERN BOBWHITE
RING-NECKED PHEASANT
ROCK DOVE
MOURNING DOVE
CHIMNEY SWIFT (lifer)
DOWNY WOODPECKER
EASTERN KINGBIRD (lifer)
EASTERN WOOD PEEWEE (lifer)
EASTERN BLUE JAY
BLACK BILLED MAGPIE
AMERICAN CROW
TUFTED TITMOUSE (lifer)
BLACK CAPPED CHICKADEE
BUSHTIT
WHITE BREASTED NUTHATCH
HOUSE WREN
RUBY CROWNED KINGLET
AMERICAN ROBIN
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD
AMERICAN PIPIT
EUROPEAN STARLING
NORTHERN CARDINAL (lifer)
RUFOUS SIDED TOWHEE
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW (lifer)
HARRIS' SPARROW (lifer)
EASTERN MEADOWLARK (lifer)
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD
BREWER'S BLACKBIRD
RUSTY BLACKBIRD
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD
COMMON GRACKLE (lifer)
HOUSE SPARROW
HOUSE FINCH
PURPLE FINCH