Birders, The last 3-4 days have yielded 24 species of warblers here in Ames. All of these sightings came from either Emma McCarthy Lee Park or Brookside Park:
Blue-winged Warbler Golden-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Also: Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Veery (5/13) Philadelphia Vireo Yellow-bellied Flycatcher "Traill's" Flycatcher You can see photos and more details on my blog: http://arcticory.blogspot.com/ Lastly, I was surprised to hear two different NELSON'S SPARROWS in full song at Dunbar Slough several nights ago. That was a first for me. Good birding, Cory Gregory Ames, IA --- 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]
