I made a quick run through Chichaqua this morning looking for Sandhill Cranes and longspurs. Struck out on the former, but did have three Smith's Longspurs along 118th. Between the burned prairie and weedy corn stubble, it looks like a promising area but all I had was a brief look at the three Smith's before they flew out of sight. The morning highlight was a pair of Wilson's Snipe doing their courtship thing at Engeldinger Marsh. Lots of winnowing and twittering, which I'd never experienced before. Pretty neat.
Yesterday, I vistied the Kellerton lek with the Armstrong's. We only had eight Prairie Chickens, but didn't arrive until 8:30. Also had two Northern Bobwhite near Diagonal. We had fifteen species of waterfowl (plus a Coot with a white body and brown head) at Green Valley Lake in Union county before the storms moved in and ended the outing. Later, Eugene and Eloise reported seven Forster's Terms at Badger Creek Lake. Denny Thompson JOhnston --- 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]
