1953 KOS Spring Meeting Compiled List of Bird Sightings
Field trips to Chase and Lyon Counties
125 species
The species names and taxonomic order have been left as published in the Bulletin
with current species names added afterwards for clarity when necessary.

Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
American Bittern
Snow Goose
Blue Goose
Mallard
Gadwall
American Widgeon
Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal
Shoveller
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Canvas-back
Lesser Scaup
Buffle-head
Ruddy Duck
American Merganser
Turkey Vulture
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Marsh Hawk
Sparrow Hawk
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Bob-white
American Coot
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Mountain Plover
Killdeer
Wilson's Snipe
Upland Plover
Willet
Greater Yellow-legs
Lesser Yellow-legs
Pectoral Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Marbled Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
American Avocet
Herring Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Franklin's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black Tern
Mourning Dove
Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
Barred Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Red-shafted Flicker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Purple Martin
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Bewick's Wren
Carolina Wren
Mockingbird
Catbird
Brown Thrasher
American Robin
Hermit Thrush
Eastern Bluebird
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Loggerhead Shrike
Common Starling
Red-eyed Vireo
Orange-crowned Warbler
Parula Warbler
Myrtle Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
House Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Bronzed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Cardinal
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Eastern Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Leconte's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Slate-colored Junco
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Song Sparrow

Compiled by Ted Andrews, April 19, 1953
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