Iowa RBA birds reported from Monday, May 30, through Friday, June 3, 2011:
-RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required) ACCIDENTAL: **BLACK RAIL** **SAYS PHOEBE** -Additional Species Mentioned Least Bittern Black-crowned Night-Heron Mississippi Kite Black-billed Cuckoo White-eyed Vireo BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE (Usual location) ***NEW!**************** For more up to date information on rarities in the state of Iowa, visit the Iowa Birds and Birding website at www.iowabirds.org. A list of rare birds is placed on the home page with the location of the rarity and most recent date of observation. This is updated several times per day. This is a handy tool for anyone making a birding trip or otherwise into the state of Iowa. ************************ Species in ALL CAPS can be classified into three categories in the state of Iowa: 1) UNRECORDED, ACCIDENTAL or Casual; 2) A RARE but regular species; or 3) record early or late date or unusual for time of year. Any species with three asterisks (***species***) would represent a first record for Iowa (UNRECORDED) and should be observed and documented very carefully. Species with two asterisks (**species**) are species that are either ACCIDENTAL, CASUAL, or a rare regular species, and should also be documented. Species with one asterisk (*species) should have some details of the observation provided. *EAST*: JOHNSON COUNTY: The BLACK RAIL which has been seen at the Hoosier Creek area of Coralville Lake, was last seen on the 2nd . 3 WHITE-EYED VIREOS were seen at the south end of Lake McBride State Park on the 30th. LINN COUNTY: A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and a WHITE-EYED VIREO were seen in BBA block 398 on the 1st. *SOUTHEAST*: WAPELLO COUNTY: A MISSISSIPPI KITE was seen in Ottumwa on the 2nd. *CENTRAL:*** * * *POLK COUNTY:* *A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and a LEAST BITTERN were seen at Errington Marsh on the 1st.* * * *2 MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen soaring over Ashworth Park on the 2nd. One was there on the 3rd.* * * * * * * *NORTHWEST:* * * *PLYMOUTH COUNTY:* *A BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE was seen 1/2 mile north of Joy Hollow on Butcher Rd on the 1st.* * * *WOODBURY COUNTY:* *A SAYS PHOEBE was seen a mile west of the Pierson exit on Highway 20 on the 3rd,* * * * * * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, June 10, 2011 for the weekly report. Should any UNRECORDED or ACCIDENTAL species be reported, an update will be posted. John Bissell Grimes, Iowa [email protected] <[email protected]> 515-986-9796 --- 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]
