Birded the Croton Unit of Shimak this afternoon. Most of the birds were near the parking lot area. A few including the Blue Grosbeak were along the road going to the town of Croton. The Blue Grosbeak and Lark Sparrow were seen about a half mile before you get to the Turkey Run Wildlife Area parking lot. The mail box number is 2804. It is where grosbeaks were seen in previous years. I think the mailbox used to have Palmer on it. There was one eagle on the nest when we went by. jim
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jim Durbin <[email protected]> Date: Mon, May 6, 2013 at 5:48 PM Subject: BirdsEye-Shimek State Forest--Croton Unit-2013-5-6 To: james durbin <[email protected]> Observer: Jim Durbin 2013-05-06 13:39 Shimek State Forest--Croton Unit Protocol: Traveling 5 Miles 249 Minutes Observers: 2 All birds reported? Yes 6 Canada Goose 6 Wood Duck 2 Mallard 1 Green Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 1 Bald Eagle 1 Broad-winged Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Killdeer 2 Mourning Dove 2 Barred Owl 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 1 White-eyed Vireo 1 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 8 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 House Wren 10 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 4 Gray Catbird 2 Brown Thrasher 6 European Starling 1 Ovenbird 1 Worm-eating Warbler 4 Blue-winged Warbler 1 Golden-winged Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Nashville Warbler 1 Kentucky Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 6 Northern Parula 1 Magnolia Warbler 1 Palm Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 3 Eastern Towhee 6 Chipping Sparrow 2 Field Sparrow 1 Lark Sparrow 12 White-throated Sparrow 1 Scarlet Tanager 2 Northern Cardinal 12 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Blue Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 6 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Eastern Meadowlark 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Baltimore Oriole 3 American Goldfinch 2 House Sparrow This report was created and sent using BirdsEye BirdLog ( http://birdseyebirding.com/) -- Jim Durbin 1460 Douglas Court Marion Ia 52302 319-721-1593 *wwwinsectsofiowa.com* *www.birdsofiowa.com* *www.Cedarrapidsaudubon.org* --- 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]
