Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, April 7, through Friday, April 13, 2012:
-RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required) ACCIDENTAL: **MOTTLED DUCK** CASUAL: *NEOTROPIC CORMORANT* *GLOSSY IBIS* -Additional Species Mentioned Cinnamon Teal Eared Grebe Black-crowned Night-Heron YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON White-faced Ibis (2nd earliest) Sandhill Crane American Golden-Plover Piping Plover American Avocet Forsters Tern (3rd earliest tie) WHITE-WINGED DOVE HOUSE WREN (Record early) BEWICKS WREN (Usual location) Smiths Longspur Lark Sparrow (2nd earliest) Brewers Blackbird ***NEW!**************** For more up to date information on rarities in the state of Iowa, visit the Iowa Birds and Birding website at www.iowabirds.org. A list of rare birds is placed on the home page with the location of the rarity and most recent date of observation. This is updated several times per day. This is a handy tool for anyone making a birding trip or otherwise into the state of Iowa. ************************ Species in ALL CAPS can be classified into three categories in the state of Iowa: 1) UNRECORDED, ACCIDENTAL or Casual; 2) A RARE but regular species; or 3) record early or late date or unusual for time of year. Any species with three asterisks (***species***) would represent a first record for Iowa (UNRECORDED) and should be observed and documented very carefully. Species with two asterisks (**species**) are species that are either ACCIDENTAL, CASUAL, or a rare regular species, and should also be documented. Species with one asterisk (*species) should have some details of the observation provided. *NORTHEAST:* * * CLAYTON COUNTY: An early HOUSE WREN was seen at Sny Magill WA on the 6th. * * *SOUTHEAST*: LOUISA COUNTY: 31 SANDHILL CRANES, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, and 2 flocks of BREWERS BLACKBIRDS were seen at Cone Marsh on the 7th. LEE COUNTY: An early LARK SPARROW was seen at the Croton Unit of Shimek SF on the 10th. A BEWICKS WREN has returned to the Argyle junkyard on the 12th. *CENTRAL:*** * * *POLK COUNTY:* *An early FORSTERS TERN was seen at Saylorville on the 7th.* * * *A PIPING PLOVER was seen at Saylorville on the 12th.* * * *DALLAS COUNTY:* *BREWERS BLACKBIRDS were seen on the 7th.* * * *HAMILTON COUNTY:* *An EARED GREBE was seen at Little Wall Lake on the 8th.* * * *STORY COUNTY:* *6 SMITHS LONGSPURS were seen at Bob Pyle Marsh on the 8th.* * * * * * * * * *SOUTHWEST:* * * *FREMONT COUNTY:* *The pair of MOTTLED DUCKS were relocated at Forney Lake on the 6th. They were last seen on the 12th.* * * *Highlights from Forney Lake on the 9th included a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, CINNAMON TEAL, and EARED GREBES. The CINNAMON TEAL was last seen on the 11th .* * * *A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and 6 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen at Forney Lake on the 10th.* * * *MILLS COUNTY:* *A GLOSSY IBIS and 6 WHITE-FACED IBIS were seen at an unnamed wetland on the 10th. Directions: It is just east of Keg Lake on the east side of I29. The area is bordered on the south side by Nellen Road, Marh Ave on the north side and 215th St. on the east side. From Bartlett take L31 north to Paddock Ave. turn right, go east to Painter Road, turn left (north), Nellen Rd is about 2 miles to the north of Paddock Ave. The Ibis were feeding in the wetland just off the north side of Nellen Rd. All of the IBIS and 4 AMERICAN AVOCETS were seen here on the 12th.* * * *PAGE COUNTY* *WHITE-WINGED DOVES were seen in a yard in Shenandoah on the 10th.* * * * * * * * * *WEST:* * * *POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY:* *2 PIPING PLOVERS were seen at the north pool of the Mid American ponds on the 12th.* * * * * * * * * *NORTHWEST:* * * *IDA COUNTY:* *20 AMERICAN AVOCETS were seen at Moorhead Park on the 12th.* * * * * * * * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, April 20, 2012 for the weekly report. Should any UNRECORDED or ACCIDENTAL species be reported, an update will be posted. John Bissell Grimes, Iowa [email protected] <[email protected]> 515-986-9796 --- 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]
