James Huntington and I birded the Cone Marsh (Louisa County) area Sunday. Some sightings:
--13 species of waterfowl (3 geese/10 duck). Overall waterfowl numbers continue to go down. There was 1 Ross's Goose with the few remaining Snow Geese --Northern Bobwhite -- seen on Atwood in Johnson County, NW of Cone Marsh --6 species of shorebirds, including 2 American Golden Plovers --3 Bonaparte's Gulls --American Pipits --continuing Loggerhead Shrike --American Tree Sparrows --Chipping Sparrow in Iowa City --15 Rusty Blackbirds We had another Loggerhead Shrike in Johnson County, in the field NW of the intersection of Johnson/Muscatine & 500th. The 2 Great Horned Owl nests in the area (at Cone Marsh and north of Cone Marsh) both had one owlet visible. We found one flock of about 50 longspurs, which remained too far away to ID. Diana Pesek Cedar Rapids, Iowa --- 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]
