Today, my field technician Jonathan Lautenbach and I birded areas in Jones County. We totaled 99 species (though try as we might for number 100). Highlights included:
Wapsipinicon State Park: 18 species of warblers including Worm-eating, Yellow-throated, Orange-crowned, Blackburnian, and an FOY American Redstart. Singing White-eyed Vireo Pileated Woodpecker FOY Swainson's Thrush and Wood Thrush Muskrat Slough: Virginia Rails and Soras Olive-sided Flycatcher Sandhill Cranes Great-tailed Grackle pair To our surprise, we were able to tally 99 species with only 4 species of shorebirds and 4 species of waterfowl. Good birding, Tyler Harms Ames, Iowa Tyler M. Harms --- 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]
