When I got off of work last night, I headed directly to Iowa County where the CINNAMON TEAL reported yesterday by Chris Edwards and Bill Scheible was still present between 5:30 and 6 p.m. Lovely lovely bird, one of my favorites!
I then saw the email from Jim Forde about a SNOWY EGRET being present earlier Tuesday at Hawkeye Wildlife Area (Johnson County) so stopped by the Gunclub Ponds on my way home, where it was feeding along the shore of the west pond around 6:45-7:00. Around 7:00 a number of Great Egrets began flying over and after a few minutes the Snowy joined them to head off elsewhere to roost for the night. At both spots a number of shorebirds were present. The Gunclub Ponds had a quite a few DOWITCHERS and a couple of WILSON'S PHALAROPES. At Swan Lake (also HWA) a single SOLITARY SANDPIPER was present. 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]
