I just got back from Cedar Lake. Thanks Michele for that location! I parked at the main lot with the shelter, seriously 200m yard dashed it to the Snowy, got some pictures of it before a giant sheet of rain came in and swept all the waterfowl, including the Snowy up, up, up and away into the air. It was my fourth attempt at getting pictures of it out in the open. Hopefully it headed back to Robbins Lake to be with its Great buddies.
Earlier at Sycamore Bottoms/Marsh (SE Iowa City) I thought I was scoping out some Lapland Longspur on the trails leading from the apartments on the NW side to the marsh. Something was not right about them as they lacked dark bordering around their auriculars. On the way back to my car I found a few more on the trail and got some even closer looks. They were Smith's Longspur still in winter plumage...new lifer. Bird on, Brandon Caswell Cedar Rapids --- 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]
