10 More State Birds

Continuing my post from before, I am going through some of the more likely candidates for new state birds for me:
11.  Northern Goshawk-Here's another bird that is more common in Michigan than in Kansas.  Somehow, I never saw one there, though.  Henry Armknecht has seen at least 2 of these birds at Webster on the CBC.  I will be checking every large accipiter that I see carefully during the colder months; you can be sure of that.  Apparently, Webster is one of the better spots in Kansas to see this bird of prey.
12.  Red-shouldered Hawk-For this one, I think I just need to go to the east side of the state, find some appropriate habitat, and play a tape of its call.  This one shouldn't be too difficult to get if I ever do a birding trip to the east.
13.  Broad-winged Hawk-I should get this one at some point during migration.  I know that they are more common on the east side of the state, but I don't think it should take me too many migration seasons to get this in Rooks County.
14.  Black and King Rail-Theoretically, Quivira and Cheyenne Bottoms are probably two of the best inland sites for these species in the entire county.  Their populations are affected quite a bit by the water conditions, and this past year wasn't good.  I've tried a handful of times for them at CB and Q, and I tried a few times in North Carolina; no luck.  I desperately want to hear the kee-kee-der of the Black Rail.  I will try pretty hard to get it in May or June this year.  I would love to see one, but that might be hoping for too much.  As for King, I'm pretty sure I heard one this past September, but I wasn't quite convinced enough.  I should get one this April-June.
15.  Piping and Mountain Plover-There's a small breeding population of Piping in the NE, but I am going to wait to pick one up on migration.  I could get one at Webster or Kirwin, but they are much more frequently seen at CB or Q.  Mountain Plovers breed in small numbers in the SW.  I'd loved to see these birds.  There's always a chance I could get one on migration at one of the central reservoirs, but I think I will try for the breeding population when I make a birding trip to the SW.
16.  Long-billed Curlew-I definitely could pick this baby up on migration in my area or at CB or Q, but I think I want to go to the Garden City area and see the larger flocks that gather there in migration.  How can you pass up seeing hundreds of these amazing shorebirds?
17.  Short-billed Dowitcher-I should pick one (or more) of these this year.  They are not that common in Kansas, but they are not rare, either.  The hard part is differentiating them from Long-billed.  You see the Short-billeds that pass through Kansas are the prairie subspecies (Hendersoni sp.) that look very similar to Long-billed.  In breeding plumage, I should be able to tell them apart, but they can be very difficult to identify when not in breeding plumage.
18.  American Woodcock-Another eastern Kansas specialty.  I hope to go to Bird Runner Wildlife Refuge in the spring.  There very well could be woodcocks there, and it still could be early enough to hear them peent-ing.
19.  Black-legged Kittiwake, California, Iceland, Glaucous, Laughing, and Great Black-backed Gull-Oh the gulls.  Ya gotta love 'em.  There's not any super-predictable spot for any of these birds except for Glaucous.  I'll just have to do some gull-watching at some of the larger reservoirs.  Laughing and California Gulls are rare in Kansas, but they are regular and many--I'm sure--go unreported and unidentified.  Apparently I was not very far away from a California at CB in the Fall, but I was looking in the wrong direction.  My best shot for one of these is to do some gull-watching at a spot like CB or Q.  I could always get lucky and spot one at Webster, but it will probably be during migration.  Laughing Gulls would be difficult at most times to pick from a large flock of Franklin's.  I guess I'll have to keep practicing my gull identification.
20.  Caspian and Common Tern-I should get both of these species relatively soon by just identifying terns during migration.  I'm sure a couple past through Rooks County each year; the trick is to be in the right spot and--in the case of Common--to differentiate it from Forster's.
Again, there are more birds to come, but I don't want to make any one post too long.