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["Mark Bennett" <benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

They were at Honker's Point on Rend Lake.

I will tell you, but as this is not "my site" I must ask you not to divulge
the site to others.  If you can do that, I can send you directions.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Ayer" <dayerd@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 8:44 PM
Subject: [birdky] Re: Southern Illiinos Birds of the Day


>
> Hello Mark,
> I need Long-eared Owl for my lifelist, and I was
> wandering if there was any chance that I could get
> directions to the owls. Thank you for your time.
>
>                                        David Ayer
>                                        Rockport, IN
> --- Mark Bennett <benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > February 2, 2003:
> >
> > I apologize to purists for the off topic post.  I
> > birded Southern Illinois
> > today with my brother Frank.  He was helping me to
> > fill "holes" in my
> > Illinois list.  A brief account with some of the
> > bird highlights follows for
> > anyone interested in birds slightly north of western
> > Kentucky.
> >
> > The day started at Mermet Conservation Area in
> > Massac County, about 15 - 20
> > miles NW of Paducah.  The highlight here was the
> > observation of a lingering
> > immature Tundra Swan.  Small numbers of other
> > waterfowl including
> > Pied-billed Grebe, Gadwall, American Wigeon,
> > Mallard, American Black Duck,
> > Canvasback, Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup and Canada
> > Goose were observed
> > along with Great Blue Herons and a few Ring-billed
> > Gulls.
> >
> > We then proceeded to Rend Lake between Benton and
> > Mt. Vernon, about 75 miles
> > north of Paducah.  The waterbird highlights
> > including estimated numbers in
> > some cases here were as follows:
> >
> > 300 - 500 Common Goldeneye
> > 150 - 200 Common Mergansers
> > 50 Red-breasted Mergansers
> > Few Hooded Mergansers, American Black Ducks, Ruddy
> > Ducks, Northern Pintail,
> > Canada Geese, Pied-billed Grebe, & Gadwall.
> >
> > The birds above were in the middle of the lake along
> > IL 154.
> >
> > At the north end of the lake were about 2000 - 3000
> > Snow Geese, at least 2
> > Ross's Geese, about 100 Greater White-fronted Geese
> > and a few Canada Geese.
> > Puddle Ducks were numerous, but were not surveyed.
> >
> > In between the 2 locations, a stop was made to look
> > for Long-eared Owl and
> > Le Conte's Sparrow.  The sparrow was missed, but
> > directions to an Owl
> > location proved to be accurate to the very tree.
> > (Actually, they had moved
> > about 10 feet from a Pine to a Juniper).  3
> > Long-eared Owls were flushed
> > from a single Juniper Tree.  At least 2 of the birds
> > circled back and one
> > allowed a nice observation from the ground.  I would
> > have to call this bird
> > the highlight of the day.
> >
> > We then proceeded south to the Union County
> > Conservation area (about 59
> > miles NW of Paducah).  North of the CA, about 1,500
> > - 2,000 additional Snow
> > Geese were observed.  In the CA, about 1,000 Greater
> > White-fronted Geese
> > were observed along with common waterfowl and other
> > birds.  An additional
> > highlight were about 20 Red-headed Woodpeckers in a
> > wooded area.
> >
> > Later, we visited the Cash River area to seek other
> > target.  These were
> > missed.  We did observe numerous Northern Harriers,
> > about 1,000 Mallards,
> > and about 200 Northern Pintails and a few Horned
> > Larks.
> >
> > Thanks to Frank for helping me with this birding
> > adventure, even if his
> > politics are misguided.
> >
> > That concludes this report.
> >
> > Mark Bennett
> > 113 Iroquois Circle
> > Russellville, KY  42276
> > Logan County
> > benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
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