Yesterday, with beautiful weather forecast, and indeed it was a beautiful day to be out amongst the birds, Carolyn Fischer and I did a Big Day in Wright County. This county has such a wonderful area of habitat in the Morse Lake area, and in the Iowa River that lazily meanders through the county, and then with Big Wall Lake and other good areas that a day birding in that county was pure pleasure.
We had 119 species with some strange misses but with some wonderful birds seen. We had nine waterfowl species, eleven shorebird species, eight flycatcher species, fourteen warbler species and ten sparrow species. We couldn't find a Kestrel, Nuthatch or Hummingbird no matter how hard we looked. We had no gulls or terns. We saw American Bittern, Osprey, Upland Sandpiper, Bell's Vireo, Gray-cheeked Thrush, several Scarlet Tanagers, Mourning Warbler, a field of Henslow's Sparrows, several Orchard Orioles and a Pine Siskin for some of the highlights. Rita Goranson Mason City, Iowa --- 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]
