Returned to Little Wall this morning between 8:30 and 10:00 am. Much slower than previous 2 days with only 75 to 100 L.Scaup even on the lake for the 1st half hour. A group of a dozen or so Mallards, 6 pintails and 10 Common Mergs joined by the time we decided to leave. Saw no Eagles this morning, they were all over the place the morning before!
Had huge flock of Longspurs, a couple thousand easy, flush in front of my truck on the way to the lake on Hwy 69 just north of Story City, didnt see them on the return trip home. Did however see huge groups of Longspurs on saturday, that I forgot to mention in yesterdays post, flying around fields next to Bob Pyle Marsh and Tiegs private wetland area just west of Bob Pyle. Stopped at the Roland lagoons this morning as well, couple hundred Canada Geese, along with 10 White Fronted Geese, 20 Cansvasbacks,2 drake Goldeneyes,30+ L.Scaup and 7 Ringnecked Ducks. We also flushed a Kingfisher off the creek that lies just west of the lagoons. Curt Fisher Roland,Ia --- 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]
