Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, January 1, through Friday, January 7, 2011:
-RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required) NONE -Additional Species Mentioned Northern Goshawk PRAIRIE FALCON Golden Eagle Thayers Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Short-eared Owl TOWNSENDS SOLITAIRE Northern Mockingbird Savannah Sparrow (2nd latest) WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL ***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. *EAST*: SCOTT COUNTY: A WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL was seen at Scott County Park on the 4th. 3 THAYERS GULLS and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen at Lock and Dam 15 on the 4th. *SOUTHEAST*: DES MOINES COUNTY: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen along the bluff 9 miles north of Burlington on the 6 th. *CENTRAL:* * * *JASPER COUNTY:* *3 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen on the Neal Smith CBC on the 2nd.* * * *BOONE COUNTY:* *A late SAVANNAH SPARROW was seen at Harrier Marsh on the 7th.* * * * * * * * * *SOUTHWEST:* * * *ADAMS COUNTY:* *2 NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS were seen at Lake Icaria on the 3rd.* * * * * * * * * *WEST:* * * *POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY:* *A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen at Hitchcock NA on the 2nd.* * * *A PRAIRIE FALCON and a GOLDEN EAGLE were seen on the Desoto/Boyer Chute CBC on the 2nd.* * * * * * * * * *NORTHWEST:* * * *CLAY COUNTY:* *A TOWNSENDS SOLITAIRE was seen at the intersection of 140th Ave and 505th St. east of the town of Peterson just south of Hwy 10 on the 2nd.* * * * * * * * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, January 14, 2011 for the weekly report. Should any UNRECORDED or ACCIDENTAL species be reported, an update will be posted. John Bissell Grimes, Iowa [email protected] <[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]
