Working a BBA block NE of Carroll yesterday (Merrit Access and Dickson Timber vicinity), I managed to count 42 singing Dickcissels along about 10 miles of grassy roadsides. This is the most I've seen in a similar-sized area yet this year, and I didn't get to cover anywhere near all of the block.
In the Dickson Timber area itself, I found Wood Thrush, Scarlet Tanager and Pileated Woodpecker. Not bad for a fairly isolated piece of forest on the North Raccoon River in Carroll County. DOUG HARR Ogden --- 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]
