1951 KOS Spring Meeting Compiled List of Bird Sightings
Field trips to Riley and Wabaunsee Counties
106 species
The species names and taxonomic order have been left as published in the Bulletin
with current species names added afterwards for clarity.

Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
White Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Canada Goose
White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Blue Goose
Baldpate (American Wigeon)
American Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal
Shoveller
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Canvas-back
Lesser Scaup
Buffle-head
Ruddy Duck
Hooded Merganser
Turkey Vulture
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
American Rough-legged Hawk
Marsh Hawk (Northern Harrier)
Duck Hawk (Peregrine Falcon)
Sparrow Hawk (American Kestrel)
Prairie Chicken
Bob-white
Ring-necked Pheasant
American Coot
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Upland Plover
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dowitcher
Marbled Godwit
Franklin's Gull
Mourning Dove
Barred Owl
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Phoebe
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Purple Martin
Blue Jay
Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Bewick's Wren
Carolina Wren
Brown Thrasher
Robin
Bluebird
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Cedar Waxwing
Migrant Shrike (Loggerhead Shrike)
Starling
Myrtle Warbler (Yellow-rumped Warbler)
English Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbirds
Bronzed Grackle (Common Grackle)
Cowbird
Cardinal
Dickcissel
Goldfinch
Red-eyed Towhee (Eastern Towhee)
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Slate-colored Junco
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Song Sparrow

Compiled by H. T. Gier, April 22, 1951
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