Nine male and four female Grosbeaks, my first male Oriole and a House Wren in the backyard. At dawn I could see that there were many Yellow-rumped Warblers in the trees. With the daylight came a fall out of birds. Seven Grosbeaks, Swainson's Thrushes, Purple Finches 8 - 10, White-throats with a sprinkling of White-crowns Kinglets all over the backyard trees and an Ovenbird strutting around. So then I went to the park and added Brown Thrashers, H. Wrens, a f. Towhee, Black and White and Nashville Warblers to the myriad of Yellow-rumps, more Swainson's, White-throats thick on the ground with an occasional White-crown and Swamp Sparrow, and, of course, the Barred Owl. Spring has sprung! Rita Goranson Mason City, 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]
