Regarding Paul's Tundra Swan, I have scoped the pits from the road several times in the last two days and hiked in on the public access yesterday. The adult Mute Swan has consistently been there, but I have not seen any other swans this weekend. All of the remaining open water can be scoped well from the access road and a good piece can be seen from Beaver if you are careful. I've checked all the pits to the east of the river and looked at a lot of goose flocks out in ag fields in the area as well. I think this bird has probably moved on. In addition to some of the waterfowl that have been regularly reported from this spot, I did see the redpoll flock again. This time there were seven birds, and a distinctive individual that was present the previous week was not among them, so there seems to be some turnover in the group.
Aaron BreesSaylorville, IAhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/abrees/ --- 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]
