Hi All, In a trip to visit with family in northeast Iowa today, I did manage to sneak a little birding in. In Clayton Co., Turkey Vultures were certainly on the move and I noted nearly 200 individuals between three locations in and around Guttenberg. The Mississippi River was full of swallows, with Northern Rough-winged (550) and Trees (400) rounding out the larger numbers. Small numbers of Bank and a few Cliff were around, but I didn't see a single Barn Swallow. A single Nashville Warbler calling and foraging outside my high school in Guttenberg was fun to see and Ring-billed Gull and Double-crested Cormorant numbers were up. A pair of Eurasian Collared-Doves were feeding outside the feed mill in Luxemburg in Dubuque Co. on the return trip, my first for this town. The highlight of the day, perhaps appropriately enough, came at the Field of Dreams site outside of Dyersville in Dubuque Co., where a pair of RED CROSSBILLS were calling, flying, and foraging across the property for an extended period of the time we were present there. Danny Akers Ankeny [email protected]
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