So happy you got to bird the Stuttgart airport for the first time and see your Ferruginous Hawk! Awesome! I'm so glad we were able to to talk about it before you left Lake Maumelle after seeing the Clark's Grebe that morning. Then heading to Stuttgart. Happy to give you the code to get in the terminal. Thanks for letting me know it's still the same. I was happy to advise you on the proper procedures for how to bird the Stuttgart airport and deal with aircraft landing and taking off. Important. Karen Holliday Maumelle
-------- Original message --------From: Brian Carlson <brianrcarlson...> Date: 3/10/25 9:09 AM (GMT-06:00) To: <ARBIRD-L...> Subject: Ferruginous Hawk
After visiting Lake Maumelle on Saturday morning to see the Clark's Grebe and loons (that Grebe and the Pacific and Red-throated loons were all lifers for me) I decided to head to the Stuttgart Airport for the 1st time. I struck out on any Longspurs
or Pipits but did see my 1st ever Ferruginous Hawk! Ebird checklist attached with photos. I was not sure what it was since I had never see one but I did think it was different so got some photos and posted them on INaturalist. Those fine folks helped
me ID it as a Ferruginous. So it turned out to be a 4 lifer day, Yippee!
Thanks to Karen Holliday for your help regarding directions to Stuttgart.
