Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, March 19, through Friday, March 25, 2011:
-RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required) NONE -Additional Species Mentioned Golden Eagle Sandhill Crane Short-eared Owl Smiths Longspur Brewers Blackbird ***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: HAMILTON COUNTY: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Anderson Lake on the 22nd. NORTHEAST: BREMER COUNTY: 20 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Sweet Marsh on the 25th. SOUTHEAST: LOUISA COUNTY: 7 BREWERS BLACKBIRDS were seen in the burned area on the north side of 235th, west side of Cone Marsh on the 20th. SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Cone Marsh on the 20th. CENTRAL: POLK COUNTY: 19 SMITHS LONGSPURS were seen at Errington Marsh on the 19th. JASPER COUNTY: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen along 102nd Ave. just south of the Prairie Learning Center at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge on the 24th. WEST: POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY: 2 GOLDEN EAGLES were seen at Hitchcock NA on the 22nd. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, April 1, 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]
