Spent time at Cone Marsh and Louisa NWR today. Lots of Greater White-fronted Geese around as noted by other posters. Several FOY birds coming into the limited areas of open water.
At the south end of Cone Marsh Gadwall American Wigeon Ring-necked Ducks Lots of Northern Pintails and Canvasbacks Killdeer Louisa NWR American Coot in with decoys across from Big Timber entrance Rusty Blackbirds (in bottoms) Mixed flock of Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles and European Starlings working a field) Bill Tollefson Cedar Rapids --- 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]
