I spent yesterday and today in northeastern Iowa, where the weather and birds reminded me more of winter than spring. Highlights yesterday included 14 Rough-legged Hawks, 2 Sandhill Cranes in Chickasaw Co., 6 Northern Shrikes, a total of 96 Common Redpolls scattered in small flocks, and a female Hoary Redpoll in eastern Howard Co. Today Billy Reiter-Marolf and I toured mostly frozen Pool 9 by airboat (surveying Bald Eagles) and found a nice variety of waterfowl including 200+ Tundra Swans plus 18 Sandhill Cranes. On my way home I found another Northern Shrike and two more small flocks of Common Redpolls.
Steve ********** Stephen J. Dinsmore Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management Iowa State University 339 Science II Ames, IA 50011 Phone: 515-294-1348 E-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Web: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~cootjr/ --- 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]
