Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, March 5, through Friday, March 11, 2011:
-RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required) NONE -Additional Species Mentioned Golden Eagle Sandhill Crane Glaucous Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Thayers Gull Common Redpoll ***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: HARDIN COUNTY: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at Pine Lake on the 6th. EAST: LINN COUNTY: The Cedar Lake LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was last seen on the 6th. SOUTHEAST: 3 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Cone Marsh on the 6th. SOUTH CENTRAL: APPANOOSE COUNTY: A COMMON REDPOLL was seen at a residence near Lake Rathbun on the 6th. CENTRAL: TAMA COUNTY: 3 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Otter Creek Marsh on the 6th. 17 were there on the 10th. POLK COUNTY: A THAYERS GULL was seen at Saylorville on the 6th. A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at Saylorville on the 11th. SOUTHWEST: FREMONT COUNTY: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen on the 5th. 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Riverton WA on the 5th. NORTHWEST: CLAY COUNTY: A COMMON REDPOLL was seen at a residence on the 5th. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, March 18, 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]
