A few highlights from a morning of birding around Amana preparing for the weekend IOU field trips:
Amana Woods along 160th St (a dirt road going east from Hwy 151 just south of the Iowa River: singing Connecticut Warbler, multiple Kentucky Warblers, and what sounded like a Cerulean but never tracked it down. Note that you can only bird from the road along here. The woods are private property. Amana Nature Trail just north of intersection of Hwy 6 and 151 (this is open to public): Acadian Flycatchers, Louisiana Waterthrush. Amana Lake (as viewed from the residential neighborhood along the western shore): 5 Trumpeter Swans, one Hudsonian Godwit, and a scattering of peeps including Dunlin. For the morning, only a dozen or so warbler species which is really low for these locations in mid-May. Hope things pick up for the weekend. Carl Bendorf Executive Director Iowa Young Birders www.iowayoungbirders.org --- 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]
