A clay-colored sparrow carrying nesting material was seen in a brushy sedge meadow in Howard Co. near Lime Springs on 5-22-09. In addition, I found a horned lark nest nearby, my first. There were two olive-brown eggs in a neat 3" cup shaped nest formed in depression between a couple sod clods in a sprouting cornfield. Bobolinks and eastern meadowlarks also on territories.
Larry Reis Larry Reis, Natural Resource Manager/Naturalist Winneshiek County Conservation Board 2546 Lake Meyer Rd Fort Atkinson, IA 52144 563.534.7145 www.winneshiekwild.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]
