In addition to a sagan* of yellow-rumped warblers at Hickory Hill Park in Iowa City this morning, there was either a Tennessee or orange-crowned warbler. I lean toward Tennessee - the breast had no hint of streaking - but it kept its beak shut, and I wouldn't really expect Tennessee warblers for another couple of weeks.
There was also a golden-crowned kinglet, a house wren, and some hermit thrushes. * 1 sagan = billions and billions. Seriously - if anyone had a hard time finding yellow-rumped warblers this morning, I think they were all at Hickory Hill. I've never seen them in such large numbers. 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]
