The Varied Thrush was hungry. So it came to feed. Right on time (around 2:40PM) at the Ventura location. Due to the protection offered by the trees surrounding the viewing area I was fortunate to count 18 species at the feeders despite the horrible conditions. I also tried for Gray Partridge but one mile of county road was enough to even scare off a knuckle head like me. The weather is incredibly dangerous. Large areas of the roads were in whiteout conditions. Highway closed west of Clear Lake so I will spend the night here. Red-tailed Hawk 1 (fly over)Red-bellied Woodpecker 2Downy Woodpecker 5Hairy Woodpecker 3Northern Flicker 1Blue Jay 2American Crow 8Black-capped Chickadee 7Red-breasted Nuthatch 1White-breated Nuthatch 5VARIED THRUSH 1 (m)European StarlingAmerican Tree SparrowDark-eyed JuncoNorthern CardinalPurple FinchAmerican GoldfinchHouse Sparrow The Rusty Blackbirds did not make a showing. God Bless,
Paul Roisen Sioux City, IA Woodbury County 712-276-0371(H) 712-301-2817(C) --- 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]
