I heard what I'm fairly certain was an Acadian flycatcher at Hickory Hill park this morning - it was calling from the cemetery near the Triangle. (There's a slight chance it was actually an alder flycatcher, but it sounded like a very sharp "free BEER" without any buzziness, and the "BEER" was at a substantially higher pitch than the "free." If anyone has another suggestion on what I might have heard, given what should or should not be passing through right now, please let me know.)
Other than that, it was a great morning for woodpeckers - hairies, a couple of sapsuckers, red-bellieds, and 5 or 6 male downy woodpeckers on one or two trees trying very hard to impress a single female. Christopher A. Brochu Associate Professor Department of Geoscience University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242 USA phone 319-353-1808 fax 319-335-1821 email [email protected] --- 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]
