James Huntington and I birded the Cone Marsh area (Louisa County) today, teaming up with Jim Forde at times. Selected sightings:
--continuing Snow Geese with 1 Ross's Goose --15 Ibis seen from the dike, and later from the boat ramp (west side of the marsh) -- the ones we were able to ID were White-faced; they flew farther away before we could ID all of them (thanks, AJ, for posting for us) --6 American Avocets on the T Ave. side of the marsh --2 Dunlin --1 Solitary Sandpiper (near Cone Marsh along highway 70) --1 Baird's Sandpiper Also, the 4 Hudsonian Godwits found yesterday at Hawkeye Wildlife Area in Johnson County by Jim Forde were still present late this afternoon, viewed from the DNR parking lot. In total, we had 10 shorebird species, our highest count so far this year. Diana Pesek Cedar Rapids --- 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]
