Date: 10/22/25 8:59 am From: David Becher <davidbecher...> Subject: Re: Garden Heights-SORA Richmond Heights.
A Sora should have no difficulty taking off. Loons and Grebes are the species that have to be rescued.
David Becher
St. Louis
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From: Lisa Saffell <lesfstl...>
Date: 10/22/25 8:28 AM (GMT-06:00)
To: <MOBIRDS-L...>
Subject: Re: Garden Heights-SORA Richmond Heights.
Tony,
Let me know if they need help trying to capture it. I’m not too far away.
“A bird does not sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” — Maya Angelou
Lisa Saffell, St. Louis
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On Oct 21, 2025, at 8:53 PM, Lottie Bushmann <lottie.bushmann...> wrote:
No! Not normal. My understanding is that they make the mistake of landing on wet black asphalt thinking it’s water. They need to be on water to actually take off and fly. So he needs to be rescued. Hopefully someone on here can help and advise you on next steps.
Lottie Bushmann
Columbia Mo
On Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM Tony Forsythe <tonyf...><mailto:<tonyf...>> wrote:
My wife works at Garden Heights in Richmond Heights. Back on the 5th of October they sent me a picture of a bird that was running around parking lot. It was a Sora. Not the typical habitat for a Sora. I assumed it was migrating through and would be gone the next day. The employees texted today and said it’s still there and they are getting concerned.
Is this normal for a Sora to be here this late in the year?
Tony Forsythe
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