The waterfowl in SW Des Moines have been scattered about the open water areas until recently. With Raccoon River Park and Hallett pits freezing up, the word must be out that Maffitt Reservoir is the place to be! This morning I had 17 waterfowl species at Maffitt: Greater White-fronted Goose- 4 Cackling Goose- 122 Canada Goose- 2360 Trumpeter Swan- 27 Gadwall- 14 American Black Duck- 2 Mallard- 1350 Northern Shoveler- 1 Northern Pintail- 4 Green-winged Teal- 3 Canvasback- 23 Redhead- 2
Ring-necked Duck- 26 Lesser Scaup- 86 Common Goldeneye- 185 Hooded Merganser- 23 Common Merganser- 40 American Coot- 39 Good birding... Jay Gilliam Norwalk, IA --- 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]
