Some ice still present especially on the Northern areas. Activity was mainly the south and east area of the marsh.
Highlights include: Greater White-fronted Goose 30 Flyover Snow Goose 8 Trumpeter Swan 2 Wood Duck 20 Gadwall 2 American Wigeon 4 Mallard 75 Blue-winged Teal 14 Northern Shoveler 50 Northern Pintail 4 Green-winged Teal 4 Redhead 4 Ring-necked Duck 100 Lesser Scaup 20 Bufflehead 10 Common Goldeneye 3 Hooded Merganser 3 Pied-billed Grebe 3 Great Blue Heron 4 Bald Eagle 3 One with kill. American Coot 150 Sandhill Crane 20 11 in one flyover, 5 in another, others in pairs. American Woodcock 3 All three flushed within a 10 yard area. Eastern Phoebe 1 Fox Sparrow 1 Partly cloudy, 24-38F, E wind 10-20. Number of species: 40 Dave Eastman Cedar Falls --- 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]
