Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, October 8, through Friday, October 14, 2011:
-RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required) NONE -Additional Species Mentioned Eared Grebe Northern Goshawk Cattle Egret American Golden-Plover Black-bellied Plover Sanderling Lesser Black-backed Gull Black-billed Cuckoo Philadelphia Vireo (3rd latest tie) BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER Spotted Towhee Nelsons Sparrow Smiths Longspur ***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:* * * FRANKLIN COUNTY: 3 SMITHS LONGSPURS were seen at Buffalo Basin wetland on the 9th. * * * * *EAST*: JOHNSON COUNTY: 4 NELSONS SPARROWS were seen east of Greencastle Ave on the 9th. They were seen again on the 10th, and were last seen on the 13th. 2 CATTLE EGRETS were seen at Sand Point on the 12th. LINN COUNTY: An EARED GREBE was seen at Pleasant Creek Lake on the 13th. *NORTHEAST:* * * BLACK HAWK COUNTY: A NELSONS SPARROW was seen at Prairie Lakes on the 9th. * * *SOUTH CENTRAL*: MARION COUNTY: 30 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were seen at Red Rock on the 9th. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Red Rock on the 10th. *CENTRAL:* * * *DALLAS COUNTY:* *A late PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at Brenton Arboretum on the 8th.* * * *STORY COUNTY:* *A BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER was seen in an Ames yard on the 8th.* * * *BOONE COUNTY:* *2 NELSONS SPARROWS were seen at Harrier Marsh on the 8th.* * * *POLK COUNTY:* *A SPOTTED TOWHEE was seen along the Des Moines River trail on the 9th.* * * *A BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER was seen at a residence near Saylorville on the 11th.* * * *A BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER was seen at Big Creek on the 11th.* * * *AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, and SANDERLINGS were seen at Jester Park on the 12th.* * * * * *WEST:* * * *POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY:* *2 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS were seen at Hitchcock NA on the 9th.* * * * * * * * * *NORTHWEST:* * * *KOSSUTH COUNTY:* *BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were seen at Union Slough NWR on the 9th.* * * * * * * * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, October 21, 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]
