Last night, the Chuck-Will's-Widow, was calling at the exact location that Keith Dyche mentioned back in May along with several Whip-poor-Will's. On our way down, we stopped at Otter Creek Marsh in Tama Co. Here we saw 10 species of shorebirds with the noteables being: 3 Stilt Sandpipers, 1 Golden Plover (also seen on the 9th), 2 Short-Billed Dowitchers. In Mahaska Co. 2 Gray Partridges flew in front of the car, about 3 miles south of Montezuma on HWY 63. Today, at Stephen's State Forest, 1 Y.B. Chat, 2 Carolina Wrens, 3 Yellow-Billed Cuckoos, 2 Pileated W.P., and 4 Wood Thrushes.
Good Birding, Tommy Stone, Evansdale --- 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]
