Finally a nice day today. Got the airplane out to take some aerial photos of a DOT snow blower working for the local paper. To my astonishment I found 7 Gray Partridge sitting along a taxiway at the Boone airport. I was even more suprised when I came back 2 hours later and they were still there!! I had to taxi by them and turn around so I could open my window to photograph them. It appeared that they were more interested in nourishment than being afraid of the airplane. I flew over "Beamers" pond also and as Steve Dinsmore posted there are quite a number of Trumpeter Swans there yet today. Interestingly enough was that at 3,500 feet the temp was right at 40 degrees and back on the ground the temp was 20 degrees!
Jim Moreland Boone --- 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]
