ARBIRD-L for Thursday, June 19, 2008

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Subject: Arkansas RBA--June 19, 2008
From: DeLynn Hearn <delynnh(AT)IWON.COM>
Date: 19 Jun 2008 10:19pm

-RBA
*Arkansas
*Statewide
*June 19, 2008
*ARST19.06.08

-Species Mentioned

Least Tern
American Avocet
Black-necked Stilt
Bewick’s Wren
CERULEAN WARBLER
Willow Flycatcher
Grasshopper Sparrow
King Rail
Laughing Gull

-Transcript

Welcome to the Arkansas Rare Bird Alert  for June 19, 2008, sponsored by the
Audubon Society of Central Arkansas (ASCA).  ASCA meets at 7:00pm the second
Thursday of each month at the John Gould Fletcher Library, located at 823
Buchanan St. on the corner of H and Buchanan Streets in Little Rock.

From around the state recent sightings are:

A Yellow-Crowned Night Heron is present on a gravel bar in Flint Creek,located
on Dawn Hill East Road, about a mile west of Hwy. 59 in western Benton County.

At Treadway's Minnow Farms in Prairie County, a first summer Laughing Gull is
being seen.

On Hwy 16, turn onto the road into Piney Creeks WMA.  Drive South on that road
about 1.6 miles to where a CERULEAN WARBLER (about 100 yards away) was heard.

In Benton Co., Bewick’s Wren was seen on the county roads west of Wedington.
The directions are:  Take Hwy 16 west. Stay on Hwy 16 but about a mile or so
past where Hwy 224 splits off from Hwy 16 and past Chambers Springs Rd there is
a Walker Rd . Turn left on Walker Rd (south). Approximately .8 miles down the
road is an unmarked street that will turn left (east.) The first house on the
left has a huge post oak in front.  The address is 20351 Fullerton Rd. The name
on the mailbox is England.

At Cherry Bend in Franklin Co. on the trails up the hill past the Stone House
CERULEAN WARBLER can be seen and heard.

The Disorganized Bird Club (DOBC – Originally dis-organized by JoAnne Rife of
Harrison, Arkansas) spent time on Baker Prairie and the Lone Oak Dairy/Wolfe
Springs Road loop in Boone County, Arkansas.  At least four Willow Flycatchers
were seen and heard.  Also, at least two, possibly three Grasshopper Sparrows
were documented on Baker Prairie, which is the first recorded there in several
years.

At Bald Knob NWR a Least Tern is being seen near the grain bins on the refuge in
 the muddy field just west of the grain bins. Two American Avocets are still on
the refuge and Black-necked Stilts appear to be nesting. Also, a King Rail was
at Bald Knob NWR.

Thanks for calling the Arkansas Rare Bird Alert.  Your contributions make the
Rare Bird Alert possible.  If you would like to leave a message, please wait for
 the chirp.  Good Birding!

Hotline:  Arkansas 
Date:  June 19, 2008
Phone number:  (501)753-5853
To Report: (501)753-5853, ARBird email discussion list, BRC forms available at
ARBirds.org
Compiler/Transcriber:  DeLynn Hearn
Coverage: Statewide

-End transcript

DeLynn Hearn
317 West K St.
N. Little Rock, AR  72116
(501)771-4686

 

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