Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, February 19, through Friday, February 25, 2011:
-RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required) CASUAL: *SPRAGUES PIPIT* -Additional Species Mentioned Long-tailed Duck Golden Eagle Thayers Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Short-eared Owl BOHEMIAN WAXWING TOWNSENDS SOLITAIRE ***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 LONG-TAILED DUCK was seen upriver from the I-80 bridge on the 19th. LINN COUNTY: 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and a THAYERS GULL were seen at Cedar Lake on the 19th. 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and the THAYERS GULL were seen again on the 20th. Both LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and the THAYERS GULL were last seen on the 22nd. SOUTH CENTRAL: DECATUR COUNTY: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen flying along the Grand River north of Davis City on the 19th. CENTRAL: STORY COUNTY: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen along Todd Ave in Ames on the 21st. SOUTHWEST: FREMONT COUNTY: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen near Waubonsie Access on the 23rd. NORTHWEST: CLAY COUNTY: A TOWNSENDS SOLITAIRE was heard along the Little Sioux river valley on the 19th. BUENA VISTA COUNTY: A BOHEMIAN WAXWING was seen on South River Rd on the 19th. O BRIEN COUNTY: An early SPRAGUES PIPIT was seen well along Wilson Ave on the 19th. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, March 4, 2011 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]
