I birded a loop through several SE Iowa counties today. Interesting birds included:
Henry County 1 Northern Shrike - N side of 275th St., 1/4 mile E of Franklin Ave. 2 Snow Buntings - Hickory Ave., 1/4 mile N of 160th St. 1 light-morph Rough-legged Hawk Jefferson County 2 Snow Buntings, 10 Lapland Longspurs w/ Horned Larks - 110th St., E of Cedar Ave. 2 Lapland Longspurs - 240th St., E of Redwood Ave. 1 Short-eared Owl - S of 155th St, 1/4 mile W of Jasmine Ave. (appeared at 5:20 p.m. - thanks Tim!) 40 Ring-necked Pheasants - same field as SE Owl Van Buren County 2 Eurasian Collared-Doves - Hwy 1, 3/4 mile N of Birmingham 2 Lapland Longspurs w/ Horned Larks - 115th St., 1/4 mile E of Quince Ave. 3 light-morph Rough-legged Hawks 1 dark-morph Red-tailed Hawk Wapello County 15 Lapland Longspurs w/ Horned Larks - NE intersection 180th St. and Farson Rd. 1 dark-morph Red-tailed Hawk I also saw several small flocks of robins, bluebirds, and meadowlarks today. Chris Edwards Solon, IA [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]
