Allen Smith's Birding Journal: May 2019

Saturday, May 11, 2019

5/11 Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area

2019-05-11 Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area
On our way back from western Missouri we stopped by EBCA hoping to stay in front of the rain.

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Lark Sparrows

Field Sparrow

Eastern Kingbirds

Savannah Sparrow

Eastern Kingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Red-headed Woodpecker

Great Blue Heron

Yellow Warbler

Warbling Vireo

Common Yellowthroat

Canada Goose and goslings

Indigo Bunting

Lesser Yellowlegs and Stilt Sandpiper

Stilt Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs

Bald Eagle and Baltimore Oriole "STARE DOWN"

Bald Eagle nest

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Barn Swallows

Common Gallinule

Common Gallinule 2nd one hiding across channel

Video of juvenile Bald Eagles in nest.

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Wednesday, May 1, 2019

5/01 Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary (RMBS)

5/01/2019 Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Riverlands/RMBS)
This is what Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary (RMBS/Riverlands) looked like on 5/01/19.
On 5/07 the flood peaked at ~34.4, 21 feet over the flood stage.

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Photos above were shot from Riverlands Way on the levee just east of Heron Pond.
The rails and bitterns were found in marsh below, close to the road.

Road to Ellis Island Parking Lot and under bridge to Lincoln Shields Area

Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary

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