Had a good day with 146 new birds and 18 recaptures. It was warmer and windier than we like. Had 22 nets for 10 hrs. Total of 27 species- 8 warbler species. Nets set on about 40 acres of 76 acre farm.
48 goldfinch 2 downy woodpecker 2 field sparrow 2 eastern kingbird 6 house wrens 1 white-throated sparrow 1 least flycatcher 1 Swainson thrush 1 chipping sparrow 10 rose breasted grosbeaks 7 Indigo bunting 2 cardinals 1 warbling vireo 27 grey catbird 6 common yellowthroat w. 2 robin 1 Tennessee warbler 4 brown thrasher 7 Nashville warbler 2 red-bellied wood pecker 2 magnolia warbler 3 redwinged blackbird 3 orange-crowned warbler 2 bluejay 1 redstart 1 northern waterthrush 1 ovenbird Noteworthy recaptures- 2006 downy , 2007 catbird,2009 commonyellowthroat warbler, 4 more catbirds,1 r-breasted grosbeak, and 3 more yellowthroats. Bob Van Ersvelde Grinnell --- 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]
