Corey Lange and I conducted the Union County CBC today in the warm, rainy conditions. We tallied 63 species including the following highlights:
18 waterfowl species inc. 4 geese (missed Snow!), Wood Duck, and Am. Black Duck Wild Turkey and N. Bobwhite, but no pheasant single Ring-billed and Glaucous (Twelve Mile L.) gulls 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker single Loggerhead and Northern shrikes excellent numbers of E. Bluebirds, Am. Robins, and Cedar Waxwings 1 Hermit Thrush 1 Field Sparrow Misses: all owls except Barred, RB Nuthatch, GC Kinglet, YR Warbler, Harris's Sparrow, and all icterids Steve ********** Stephen J. Dinsmore Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management Iowa State University 339 Science II Ames, IA 50011 Phone: 515-294-1348 E-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Web: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~cootjr/ --- 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/PayDues.aspx. ----- You are currently subscribed to ia-bird as: [email protected]
