Had a flock of ~60 Double-crested Cormorants fly over Ottosen this morning (about 9AM). On the way back into town in a prairie patch on the Kossuth/Humboldt border, I had a male N. Harrier beautiful gray guy...so lovely. Lots of LBJs bouncing around the roads (assuming they are a mix of larks and longspurs and zonotrichia sparrows). Other than that, it's been quiet, no weird finches to speak of, will probably sneak out to the potholes to see if those cormorants dropped, or accidentally pick up some ducks or maybe an owl....
Yesterday I had a covey of Fox Sparrows on a gravel road W of Gotch Park, hunkered down by a small stream. Jacob Newton, Ottosen, Humboldt Co., 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]
