I spent some time this morning working a few BBA blocks in Franklin, Wright, and Webster counties. Shorebird numbers were disappointing, but I did see quite a few apparent migrant waterfowl. Here are the highlights:
1 Virginia Rail, 2 Soras, and 7 species of shorebirds in Franklin Co. In Humboldt Co. on sheetwater: 1 Wood Duck 112 Mallard 360 Blue-winged Teal 31 Northern Shovelers plus a brood of 6 large young 3 Green-winged Teal 3 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Great Egrets 2 American Coot 2 Semipalmated Plover 141 Killdeer 3 Solitary Sandpiper 4 Spotted Sandpiper 3 Greater Yellowlegs 68 Lesser Yellowlegs 7 Semipalmated Sandpiper 10 Least Sandpiper 1 Baird's Sandpiper 132 Pectoral Sandpiper 18 Stilt Sandpiper 1 Wilson's Phalarope 2 Marsh Wren Also: A pair of Gray Partridge with 6 young e of Dakota City 1 Black-billed Cuckoo tending young in an undiscovered nest at Brushy Creek Rec. Area 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]
