On a day of birding in SE Iowa (Burlington to Keokuk), we came upon the following interesting birds:
Long-tailed duck (4) - seen above the lock & dam at Keokuk (Lee Co.), as previously reported by Tommy Stone Trumpeter swan (13) - adult and juvenile birds all seen at Trumpeter Marsh north of Montrose in Lee County Great Blue heron (1) - SW of Fort Madison at the end of 53rd Street, Mississippi River shoreline Peregrine falcon (1) - at the top of the Great River Bridge in Burlington (Des Moines Co.) Killdeer (8) - end of 53rd Street SW of Fort Madison, Mississippi River shoreline Wilson's snipe (6) - Montrose Marsh, town of Montrose, Lee Co. Glaucous gull (1 - 1st W.) - Riverview Park, Fort Madison, Lee Co. Great black-backed gull (1 - 1st W.) - Riverview Park, Fort Madison Northern shrike (1) - a good bird for SE Iowa, seen SW of Fort Madison along Co. X23 Winter wren (1) - Cascade Ravine in Burlington, a usual winter site for this species John Rutenbeck, Burlington Chuck Fuller, Burlington Jim Fuller, Iowa City --- 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]
