Sorry, folks, when I send emails thru my phone they're short and I tend to leave out details because I can't type well with one finger on the phone's tiny keyboard! So I forgot to sign my full name and location to my first post this morning. My apologies.
Addendum to this morning's birding: I had 12 shorebirds species at Otter Creek Marsh, not 11 -- forgot to count Spotted Sandpiper. Also, a small group of BLACK TERNS were flying over the pond for a while. Before going to Otter Creek (Tama County) I birded in Johnson County. At Hawkeye Wildlife Area's Swan Lake, water levels are down and a few shorebirds have returned. A SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER and an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER were present as well as the usual shorebirds we've been seeing for the last month. My shorebird total for today ended up at 14 species. I walked for a couple of hours at Kent Park (also Johnson County) but could only come up with 3 warbler species today -- Chestnut-sided, Nashville, Redstart. Diana Pesek Cedar Rapids ________________________________ From: Diana Pesek <[email protected]> To: IA-BIRD <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 11:00 AM Subject: [ia-bird] Shorebirds at OCM 11 shorebird sp. at Otter Creek Marsh Fri. a.m. included 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, 1 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and some BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS. The shorebirds are in the pond by the old barn. Diana Sent from my iPhone --- 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] --- 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]
