Date: 6/10/26 9:33 am From: Yang, Bobinyu <000011d835fbb54b-dmarc-request...> Subject: Found and Lost
Last year, twelve sites in Johnson County were found to harbor painted buntings (Passerina ciris). All have been documented with photos and reported to eBird. The locations and coordinates are tabulated below.
This year, the birds have returned to Nos. 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 11. However, they have not been seen at Nos. 7,8,9,10 and 12. Worse yet, they will probably never again migrate to Nos. 8,9,10 and 12. This is because the habitats have been lost. At Prairie Star Parkway Water Fountain in Lenexa (Nos. 8 and 9), rapid housing development is currently taking place there. QuikTrip 255 in Spring Hill (No. 10) is now a staging area for a large construction project. The Tuscan Farms bird habitat (No. 12) has been obliterated. Not one shrub or a single tree can be found there. This is due to the expansion of the subdivision.
Of the twelve sites, four have been lost forever. Ironically, these four sites were discovered just last year. Alas, found and lost in the blink of an eye.
Bob I. Yang
<yangb...>
Overland Park, Johnson County
1 Bluestem Pkwy North 38.931939, -94.877508
2 Bluestem Pkwy South 38.929588, -94.879278
3 I-35 Logistics Park 38.843192, -94.880270
4 JoCo Aggregates North Gate 38.854325, -94.857925
5 Lone Elm Industrial Park 38.854701, -94.842880
6 Midwest Sikh Gurudwara 38.945866, -94.831796
7 Oak Run North Edge 38.861663, -94.877823
8 PSP Water Fountain North 38.959480, -94.880954
9 PSP Water Fountain South 38.958099, -94.879799
10 Quik Trip 255, Spring Hill 38.765371, -94.826715
11 Sunflower Nature Park, De Soto 38.941817, -95.011945
12 Tuscan Farms, Gardner 38.774430, -94.931541
