Lena and I visited family yesterday in Iowa City and found a little time for birding en route. We made brief stops at Otter Creek Marsh, Hawkeye WA, Amana Lake, and the Iowa River Corridor in Iowa County. Amongst the 18 waterfowl species were thousands of Greater White-fronted Geese, 55 Trumpeter Swans (16 at Otter Creek and 32 at Amana Lake were the most), and a male Mallard X Northern Pintail hybrid near High Amana. The other notable sighting was a Short-eared Owl in NW Iowa Co.
Another highlight of the trip for me was finally seeing my 150th species in Cedar County, the last Iowa county where I had not yet reached that mark. The milestone bird was a Canvasback. 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]
