[From Nature Notes (the journal of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society), Vol. 73, No. 7, Sep., 2001] JUNE BIRD REPORTBy: Jim Ziebol and Yvonne HomeyerSIGHTINGS: From 6/4 to 6/15, 4 Ruddy Ducks were seen at HL (FH, KM). On 6/16, Snow Goose, Canvasback, Lesser Scaup and White Pelican were present at REDA (J&CM, FH). Five Ruddy Turnstones and an adult Laughing Gull were found at Parking Lot #3, CL, on 6/2 (KL). Dan Kassebaum found a Willet and a Marbled Godwit on Levee Road at the end of the month. Dabbs Road in MTNWR produced 10 White-rumped Sandpipers and 2 Hooded Mergansers on 6/14 (J&CM). On 71, 3 Least Sandpipers were found in St. Charles County (CM). Frank Holmes observed 4 Franklin's and 1 Herring Gull at HL on 6/1. On 6/4, 26 Common and 40 Black Terns were seen at HL (FH). A Common Tern was a good find at REDA on 6/16 (J&CM) and three days later, on 6/19, an immature Forster's Tern was observed there (FH). Charlene Malone located 2 Eurasian Collared Doves at Hwy. 94 and Hwy. B in St. Charles County on 6/30. Three Least Terns were found at REDA on 6/2 (J&CM) and again on 6/16 (DB) and on 6/17 (G&TB). Frank Holmes saw a Cooper's Hawk at HL on 6/16. On 6/30, Jean Cook saw 3 Screech Owls at her home in Clayton. On 6/9, Jim Ziebol observed the Rufous Screech Owl family (2 adults and 2 fledglings) living in the backyard of Becky and Debbie Ciodini in Rock Hill. (They also had a Barred Owl living in their yard this past winter). On 6/6, Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Willow Flycatcher were found at MTC (KL). A Black-billed Cuckoo was observed at REDA on 6/17 (G&TB). A family of Yellow-throated Vireos was observed at Shaw Nature Reserve on 6/30 (RG). Mark Peters saw a Cerulean Warbler on his property in Jefferson County, along with several Chats and a Prairie Warbler. A late Tennessee Warbler was found in FP on 6/14 (MF). A Prairie Warbler was located at Shaw Nature Reserve on 7/6 (m. ob.). A pair of Hooded Warblers was seen in Castlewood on 6/3 (MB) and one was seen at Olin Nature Reserve on 6/10 (FH). A visit to TGP on 6/2 produced Great Crested Flycatcher, Pewee, Catbird, Red-eyed Vireo, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Jim Mohrmann). A Grasshopper Sparrow was sighted on Bruns Road on 6/17 (G&TB). An apparent Aimophila sparrow, probably a Bachman's, was seen and heard at her home (HW). The Thursday Group saw a Blue Grosbeak at the Weldon Spring Blue Grosbeak Trail on 6/7. Four Rose-breasted Grosbeaks were seen at Hazlet State Park, CL, on 6/22, by Illinois ornithologist Steve Bailey. Dan Kassebaum observed 2 male Painted Buntings in East St. Louis on 6/2. Dennis Bozzay had a good day at Hilda Young C.A. on 6/12, observing Red-shouldered Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, Hairy Woodpecker, Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, Ovenbird, Scarlet Tanager, and Baltimore Oriole. CONTRIBUTORS: Connie Alwood, George & Terry Barker, David Becher, Mike Brady, Mike Flieg, Ron Goetz, Frank Holmes, Dan Kassebaum, Kent Lannert, Jim & Charlene Malone, Keith McMullen, Helen Wuestenfeld, Jim Ziebol, many observers. An asterisk means "documented". ABBREVIATIONS: Busch Conservation Area = BCA; Carlyle Lake = CL; Forest Park = FP; Horseshoe Lake = HL; Lost Valley Trail = LVT; Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge = MTNWR; Marais Temps Clair = MTC; Riverlands = REDA; Tower Grove Park = TGP. |