Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, September 17, through Friday, September 23, 2011:
-RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required) NONE -Additional Species Mentioned American Golden-Plover Black-bellied Plover Buff-breasted Sandpiper Red-necked Phalarope Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Hudsonian Godwit ***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. *NORTH CENTRAL:* * * WRIGHT COUNTY: A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was seen at the Clarion sewage lagoon on the 18th. * * * * *EAST*: DELAWARE COUNTY: An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER were seen at Buffalo Creek WA on the 17th. *SOUTHEAST*: LEE COUNTY: Shorebird highlights from the Mississippi River in Ft Madison on the 20thincluded 93 SANDERLINGS, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. *CENTRAL:*** * * *Shorebird highlights from Saylorville on the 17th included 3 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 37 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, 1 HUDSONIAN GODWIT, 21 SANDERLINGS, 4 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES and 15 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS.* * * *5 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were seen at Errington Marsh on the 17th.* * * *Highlights from Jester Park on the 18th included a RUDDY TURNSTONE, 3 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and a HUDSONIAN GODWIT.* * * * * * * *SOUTHWEST:* * * *MILLS COUNTY:* *2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were seen in a flooded field east of the Bellevue Bridge on the 16th.* * * * * * * *NORTHWEST:*** * * *KOSSUTH COUNTY:* *2 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were seen at Union Slough on the 18th.* * * * * * * * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, September 30, 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]
