Just returned from an excursion out the Dunbar Slough...and this time...unlike my previous failed attempts...I come back with positive news of White-faced Ibis. I relocated at least 9...but saw as many as 13 at the south side of the main slough at the intersection of N58 and 270th street (AKA Apple Ave and 270th Street). When I parked the birds flew from the open bank to the stretch of willows in the middle of the slough, I only relocated 9, but I'm very confident in my original count of 13 when I first encountered them.
Also at the same spot though on the Carroll County were some Yellowlegs, and a possible pair of female Wilson's Phalaropes..I say possible as with the wind being a bit annoying for scoping and the birds being relatively far out and semi-well concealed I'm not one hundred percent certain. I also checked the area of Dunbar that is on E57, mostly Pectoral Sandpipers and Yellowlegs. There also were about six Lesser Yellowlegs on a patch of sheet water about a mile or two SE of Scranton on your way to Jefferson. Oh, and at Harrier Marsh the Soras are calling up a storm. --- 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]
