Bill Scheible, Chris Caster, and I enjoyed great views of one Say's Phoebe between 12:15-1:15 today at the previously described location in Dickinson Co. The bird spent most of its time on the south side of the road around the easternmost gravel pile with the cut bank, and north of the road along the fence line along the eastern edge of Freda Hafner Kettle Hole. It was interesting to watch it chase away a larger Eastern Kingbird that came too close. At one point as we watched it we heard a second Say's Phoebe calling repeatedly for several minutes. There were at least three Clay-colored Sparrows and one Lark Sparrow singing there.
At the Spirit Lake landfill, there was one Caspian Tern among the hundreds of Ring-billed and Franklin's Gulls, but we did not find the California Gull. Chris Edwards Solon, IA [email protected] --- 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]
