Birders, It was a beautiful evening down at Saylorville with great light and visibility. There are quite a few more birds there now than have been there lately.
Especially prevalent this evening were the continuous flocks of moving Franklin's Gulls and Double-crested Cormorants. Quite large flocks of both were continually moving south, some in fairly high strings. We had: Long-billed Dowitcher (1, Jester Park) American Golden-Plover (1, Jester Park) Lesser Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, and Killdeer Pied-billed Grebe (50+) Franklin's Gull (~350) Caspian Tern (~40) Forster's Tern (8) Double-crested Cormorant (600-800) Lastly, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are still going strong here at our feeders in west Ames. 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]
