I made a couple trips to Greenvalley Lake near Creston, Iowa on Sunday and today. I found 15 waterfowl species:
Canada Geese Greater White-fronted Geese Snow Geese Cackling Geese Mallard Wood Duck Ring-billed Duck American Widgeon Northern Shoveler Lesser Scaup Greater Scaup Redhead Canvasback Gadwall Hooded Merganser and about 10 Killdeer Also in Rural Southern Adams County I found a flock of 250 blackbirds. The vast majority of the flock was comprised of Red-winged Blackbirds, however I found about 10 each of Rusty Blackbirds and Brown-headed Cowbirds. A flock of 15 meadowlarks wasn't far from there either. --- 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]
