Sort of a soggy day today. I was happy to see 9 Purple Finches on my feeders today, males and females. Also in Ottosen, in a set of lots that have been used for hay/alfalfa production there were 5 Greater Yellowlegs in one of the puddles and surprisingly with them was a single Lesser Yellowlegs which gave a nice opportunity to note the difference in size, and bill structure of the two species. Also found
At the Grotto a pair of male Scaup were sitting with the resident T-swans and down at the pond near the retirement village a flock of ~50 N. Shovelers were feeding with a handful of scaup and a few Hooded Mergansers. The 'duck pond at Banwart Prairie is partially recharged and the ditches are flooded, hoping to find some snipe there soon. I will have to make a trek out to the potholes sometime this week if they are accessible. Jacob Ottosen, Humboldt Co., 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]
