January 23 at the Quad Cities; A flock of about 25 White-winged Crossbills at Fairmount Cemetery (lower part) contained at least one Red Crossbill.
There were very few gulls along Butterworth Parkway in Moline, but the one group of about two dozen contained 2 first winter Thayer's Gulls and a first winter Great Black-backed Gull. At Lock & Dam #15 in downtown Davenport there was an adult Thayer's Gull and what must be a rare winter record for Bonaparte's Gull. Another Bonaparte's Gull and three White Pelicans, as well as a male Hooded Merganser were at the warm outflow at Concord and Wapello Streets. 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]
