I made a loop around Carney Marsh over the lunch hour today. This is in the SE quadrant of BBA Block 485 (Carney Marsh/Ankeny). Several confirmations of nesting, primarily occupied nests and/or feeding young. Good numbers of Warbling Vireo, Yellow Warbler, House Wren, and Common Yellowthroat. Best birds included a Pied-billed Grebe sitting on a nest and a single American Bittern. No Least Bitterns (present last year) and I could not relocate a Bell's Vireo I had here a couple weeks ago. Perhaps a less windy day will turn up additional species. Danny Akers Ankeny [email protected]
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