Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, August 14, through Friday, August 20, 2010:
-RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required) ACCIDENTAL: **NEOTROPIC CORMORANT** **RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD** CASUAL: *BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK* -Additional Species Mentioned Cattle Egret YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON American Golden-Plover Ruddy Turnstone Buff-breasted Sandpiper Red-necked Phalarope Least Tern WHITE-WINGED DOVE Black-billed Cuckoo Golden-winged Warbler ***NEW!**************** For more up to date information on rarities in the state of Iowa, visit the Iowa Birds and Birding website at www.iowabirds.org. A list of rare birds is placed on the home page with the location of the rarity and most recent date of observation. This is updated several times per day. This is a handy tool for anyone making a birding trip or otherwise into the state of Iowa. ************************ Species in ALL CAPS can be classified into three categories in the state of Iowa: 1) UNRECORDED, ACCIDENTAL or Casual; 2) A RARE but regular species; or 3) record early or late date or unusual for time of year. Any species with three asterisks (***species***) would represent a first record for Iowa (UNRECORDED) and should be observed and documented very carefully. Species with two asterisks (**species**) are species that are either ACCIDENTAL, CASUAL, or a rare regular species, and should also be documented. Species with one asterisk (*species) should have some details of the observation provided. NORTH CENTRAL: CERRO GORDO COUNTY: A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was seen at Parkers Woods on the 18th. EAST: LINN COUNTY: A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was seen at Squaw Creek Park on the 19th. SOUTH CENTRAL: APPANOOSE COUNTY: A BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK was seen somewhere at Lake Rathbun on the 12th. 2 immature YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen at Sedan on the 18th. MADISON COUNTY: A RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was seen at the Armstrong’s property on the 19th. This is south of Booneville across from the entrance to Badger Creek SP. This bird was last seen on the 20th. CENTRAL: STORY COUNTY: A LEAST TERN was seen at Hendrickson Marsh on the 16th. Best viewing was from the east-west road south of the marsh. SOUTHWEST: FREMONT COUNTY: 200 CATTLE EGRETS were seen at the Wilds Golf Course on the 15th. PAGE COUNTY: The NEOTROPIC CORMORANT continues at Rapp Park as recently as the 15th. A family of WHITE-WINGED DOVES continues in Shenandoah as recently as the 15th. WEST: POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY: 6 LEAST TERNS and 5 CATTLE EGRETS were seen at the MidAmerican Ponds on the 15th. NORTHWEST: HUMBOLDT COUNTY: Highlights from sheetwater on the 16th included 3 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and a RUDDY TURNSTONE were seen in sheetwater on the 18th. KOSSUTH COUNTY: A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was seen just south of the P20/B63 intersection on the 19th. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, August 27, 2010 for the weekly report. Should any UNRECORDED or ACCIDENTAL species be reported, an update will be posted. John Bissell Grimes, Iowa [email protected] 515-986-9796 --- 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]
