I spent the first part of the morning on a bird hike with Tom Lawson as the lead, following the cleared trails at Voas. Ray Harden and I continued to about 11 am after the others gave up on warblers - too windy and chilly for them (the warblers, that is). After Ray left I spent another two or so hours checking pond/wetland areas in the northeast part.
Here's my personal list for the day, in rough order of sighting: Great-tailed grackle: 2 or more males Chipping sparrow (song) American goldfinch Red-winged blackbird Common yellowthroat Brown thrasher (song) Ring-necked pheasant (call) Field sparrow (song): two, judging from songs Red-bellied woodpecker (call) American crow (call) Northern cardinal House wren Blue jay Yellow warbler Empidonax flycatchers (Acadian & yellow-bellied ruled out) Ruby-crowned kinglet Turkey vulture Swainson's thrush Tree swallow Tennessee warbler (song) Eastern meadowlark (song) Eastern bluebird male (box 11A) Greater yellowlegs: 3 or more Solitary sandpiper Least sandpiper: 8 in a group Canada goose Baltimore oriole Yellow-headed blackbird: 6 males in two different areas American coot: 3 Mallard:2 Blue-winged teal: 4 to 8 seen Lesser yellowlegs: at least one Song sparrow Short-billed dowitcher: one Sedge wren: one unidentified rail, probably yellow rail: three Downy woodpecker unidentified Buteo hawk, probably red-tail Lee Searles Des Moines --- 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]
