Hi all, The past day and a half were spent in Southern Iowa, along and near hiway 2 across the state. The birding was less than spectacular, but a few notables were: Bewick's Wren at the junkyard near Argyle (Lee Co.) Upland Sandpapipers alng hiway 2 ( Apanoose Co.) Neotropic Cormorant at Piece Cr. Rec. Area in Page Co. (Cove at east end of dam) Also Harris' Sparrows there. Numerous Yellow-headed Blackbirds and Great -Tailed Grackles at Forney Lake (Fremont Co.) Greater Prairie Chicken (1) at Ringgold Co.Lek. (Only 1 in middle of the day in the rain) Relatively few shorebirds anywhere, but at Dean Area of the Sedan bottoms in Appanoose Co. there were quite a few, with 3 plovers, including Piping Plover. Yellow-thtroated warbler, Louisiana Waterthrush, Northern Parule, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and Henslow's Sparrows at Lacey-Keosauqua SP (Van Buren Co.) Chuck Fuller, Burlington Jim Fuller, Iowa City --- 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]
