Brenda Van Beek photographed a juvenile Snowy Owl this morning 3 mi north and 5 mi west of Sioux Center on County Road B30.
Lena and I did our own search for Snowy Owls and other winter birds north of Ames today. No luck with owls, but we did find a Vesper Sparrow in NW Franklin Co., a Northern Shrike in Wright Co., and 10 species of waterfowl at Beemer's Pond that included 1 Greater White-fronted Goose, 1 adult Tundra Swan, and 127 Trumpeter Swans. I was also surprised to count more than 100 Cackling Geese at Ada Hayden Park this morning, a remarkable number for January in central Iowa. 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]
