My short birding trip at Lacey started at 6:45 a.m. with a gorgeous male Pileated who landed on the ground next to the road as I was driving to the west entrance. It only got better from there!
I found the Gold Winged Warblers (lifer for me); they are at the burnt clearing near the monument/west entrance N. Parulas and Black & White Warblers also seen in this area. Black Throated Green Warbler (life bird for me)was at monument turn out spot. Lots of noisy Catbirds, cardinals, RH & RB Woodpeckers If you walk south of burnt clearing on the wide mown path to the natural meadow you will find warblers galore! Notables: Blue Winged Warblers--several males calling--got tremendous looks! Several Tennessee Warblers (lifer) Nashville Warblers Magnolia Warblers YR Warbler (of course) More parulas, more b&w warblers, probably some other warbler sp. I missed. Several Common Yellow Throats, RB Grosbeak pair, Chipping Sparrow, WT Sparrow, Balitmore Oriole What a lovely morning for birding; I sorely regret I agreed to work in my friend's pottery shop in Bentonsport today. At least I got a couple hours of fun in! Candace Havely Bentonsport/Waterloo, Iowa Van Buren/Black Hawk Co. --- 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]
