Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, June 15, through Friday, June 21, 2013:
-RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required) CASUAL: *PRAIRIE WARBLER* -Additional Species Mentioned Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Least Tern Chuck-Wills-Widow Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Pine Warbler Hooded Warbler Worm-eating Warbler ***NEW!**************** For more up to date information on rarities in the state of Iowa, visit the Iowa Birds and Birding website at www.iowabirds.org. A list of rare birds is placed on the home page with the location of the rarity and most recent date of observation. This is updated several times per day. This is a handy tool for anyone making a birding trip or otherwise into the state of Iowa. ************************ Species in ALL CAPS can be classified into three categories in the state of Iowa: 1) UNRECORDED, ACCIDENTAL or Casual; 2) A RARE but regular species; or 3) record early or late date or unusual for time of year. Any species with three asterisks (***species***) would represent a first record for Iowa (UNRECORDED) and should be observed and documented very carefully. Species with two asterisks (**species**) are species that are either ACCIDENTAL, CASUAL, or a rare regular species, and should also be documented. Species with one asterisk (*species) should have some details of the observation provided. *NORTHEAST:* * * ALLAMAKEE COUNTY: A HOODED WARBLER was seen near the Fire Tower at the Yellow River SF on the 20th. * * *SOUTHEAST*: LEE COUNTY: A PINE WARBLER continues to be seen along Coal Mine Hollow Road at the Farmington Unit of Shimek SF on the 15th. A HOODED WARBLER was seen at the Donnellson Unit of Shimek SF on the 15th. DAVIS COUNTY: A PRAIRIE WARBLER was seen at Eldon WA on the 15th. A WORM-EATING WARBLER was seen at Eldon WA on the 17th. *SOUTH CENTRAL*: DECATUR COUNTY: CHUCK-WILLS-WIDOWS were seen SW of Decatur City on the 17th. Specifically, Go south of Decatur City on Terre Haute Rd. for about a mile, where it will veer west and cross I-35. It angles southwest for another mile where 230th meets it from the west. Take 230th west to 170th (the road ends) and listen at the intersection. *SOUTHWEST:* * * *PAGE COUNTY:* *A CHUCK-WILLS-WIDOW was observed at Ross Park on the 16th. 2 were observed on the 17th.* * * *FREMONT COUNTY:* *A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was seen *on L-31 (Western Ave just west of I-29) seven tenths of a mile south of the McPaul exit of I-29 (exit 20) on the 17th. A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at Riverton WA on the 17th. 16 CHUCK-WILLS-WIDOWS were observed along Cemetery Rd near Thurman on the 18 th.** * * * * * * * * *WEST:* * * *POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY:* *8 LEAST TERNS were seen at the MidAmerican ponds on the 17th.* * * * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, June 28, 2013 for the weekly report. Should any UNRECORDED or ACCIDENTAL species be reported, an update will be posted. John Bissell Grimes, Iowa [email protected] <[email protected]> 515-423-6108 --- 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]
