I made a quick loop through NC/NE Iowa today in search of migrants and found a nice assortment of birds including these highlights:
a family group of Gray Partridge in w Mitchell Co. 1 juv. Red-necked Phalarope at Cedar L., Nashua 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher (my first of the year) 3 Yellow-bellied Flycatchers 1 Philadelphia Vireo at Beeds Lake SP 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch at Lylah's M. 1 Veery at Howard Woods, Chickasaw Co. 14 species of warblers inc. 8 Chestnut-sided, 5 Blackburnian, 1 BT Green, 1 Mourning, and 2 Canada 4 Scarlet Tanagers Steve Stephen J. Dinsmore Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management 339 Science II, Iowa State University Ames, IA 50014 515-294-1348 (office) [email protected] --- Please contribute your sightings to our list; it is only as good as members make it! --- Birding channel recommendation for FRS/GMRS radio use: Primary selection; channel 5/0 , alternate selection; channel 6/0 --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. Membership available on-line at http://www.iowabirds.org/iou/membership.asp. ----- You are currently subscribed to ia-bird as: [email protected]
