Hello Birders, Today at about 1pm I went to Luton WMA South to look for the Cinnamon Teal reported yesterday. After looking as best I could from the road and not seeing it, I decided to walk in with my rubber boots on to see if it was hiding. Sure enough I did come across the teal which soon flew. Thankfully it came back-I saw it fly back into the same pond as I was headed back to the car.
I never did see it from the car, so it may be necessary to walk in to see it, unless you get lucky. The teal was in the first pond to the east of the parking lot along 260th st. The directions on the Iowa Ornithologist Union website are incorrect. They lead you to the north unit, but this bird was at the south unit which is 1 mile south of Luton on K42 and east on 260th street. After viewing the teal I had lunch in the parking lot and watched an amazing dust devil show off to the east of the wma. I saw dozens of huge devils move across the fields. Many likely reached a couple hundred feet into the air! To see some photos of the dust devils visit my photo page-the link is below my name. ------------- Good Birding, Tucker J. Lutter Bronson, IA Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/backpackingbirdwatcher/ Blog: http://www.birdingwithtucker.blogspot.com --- 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]
