I spent this morning birding several locales in central Iowa and managed to tally 125+ species - there are a lot of birds around right now! Highlights included:
Guthrie Co. (near Whiterock Conservancy): 1 Whip-poor-will 1 Northern Mockingbird 14 sp. of warblers including 2 Blue-winged and 1 Cerulean 1 male Summer Tanager Audubon Co.: 1 American Black Duck near Exira 2 American Pipits 1 Golden-winged Warbler Shelby Co. (Elk Horn Creek): 1 Veery 13 sp. of warblers including Blackburnian and Wilson's 1 Jay Gilliam Dunbar Slough: 1 Swainson's Hawk 1 Willet 2 Hudsonian Godwits Steve ********** Stephen J. Dinsmore Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management Iowa State University 339 Science II Ames, IA 50011 Phone: 515-294-1348 E-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Web: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~cootjr/ --- 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]
