Birders, We made a lap around Saylorville this morning. Polk City Wildlife Area had the best shorebird selection. We ended up with only 9 species of shorebirds though:
Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Killdeer Baird's Sandpiper (4 at Jester) Sanderling (1 at Jester) We tallied 10 species of warblers from Polk City Wildlife Area, Jester Park, and the Oak Grove campground: Golden-winged Warbler (1) Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler (2) Ovenbird Mourning Warbler (1) Wilson's Warbler American Redstart Some other sightings included: Olive-sided Flycatcher (1 at Jester) Caspian Tern (4) Forster's Tern (4) American White Pelican (500+) Sharp-shinned Hawk (2) Good Birding, Cory Gregory & Ashley Casey Ames, IA http://arcticory.blogspot.com/ --- 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]
