Subject: birding in Oz
Date: Jul 5 21:27:07 2001
From: Mark Ahlness - mahlness at halcyon.com


Hi all,
We just returned from the land of Oz yesterday, having spent 6 days on a
family visit to my wife's parents' farm. We were in eastern Kansas, an
hour's drive southeast of Kansas City. Without really trying too hard, we
found the following wonderful list of 55 birds in the fields, down gravel
roads, and over the picnic table in the back yard:

STARLING
CROW
HOUSE SPARROW
COMMON GRACKLE
BROWN HEADED COWBIRD
BLACK CAPPED CHICKADEE
GOLDFINCH
GREAT BLUE HERON
CATBIRD
BROWN THRASHER
EASTERN BLUEBIRD
NORTHERN PARULA
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER
INDIGO BUNTING
YELLOW WARBLER
CEDAR WAXWING
EASTERN PHOEBE
EASTERN KINGBIRD
LONG TAILED GRACKLE
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
MOCKINGBIRD
BALTIMORE ORIOLE
EASTERN MEADOWLARK
DICKCISSEL
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD
GREEN HERON
GREAT HORNED OWL
AMERICAN KESTREL
NIGHTHAWK
RED TAILED HAWK
YELLOW BILLED CUCKOO
BARN SWALLOW
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER
CARDINAL
YELLOW SHAFTED FLICKER
DOWNY WOODPECKER
SUMMER TANAGER
EASTERN WOOD PEWEE
TUFTED TITMOUSE
RUBY THROATED HUMMINGBIRD
WHITE BREASTED NUTHATCH
HOUSE WREN
ROBIN
HOUSE FINCH
MOURNING DOVE
ROCK DOVE
BLUE JAY
BOBWHITE
KILLDEER
TURKEY VULTURE
LARK SPARROW
PURPLE MARTIN
ORCHARD ORIOLE
PILEATED WOODPECKER
VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW

Mark Ahlness
Seattle, WA
mahlness at halcyon.com
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