Planned a full day of birding for Osceola and Lyon but abbreviated it around 12:45
70 species with 35 being new county bird (not hard to get that many when one only had 48 to start with. In a very small pond just west of Harris Wood Duck 32 (3 f. and 29 young) Redhead 1m. Green-winged Teal 1 m. Mudflat 1/2 mile north of May City Least Sandpiper 5 Killdeer 23 Great-tailed Grackle 1 (look pretty beat up with a couple of missing tail-feathers) Small sheet water in a field Common Yellowthroats were the only warbler heard or seen All the regular swallows--Bank in 3 locations ULPJ--Unidentified Little Purple Job Misses-- Eastern Phoebe Willow Flycatcher Black-capped Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch Field Sparrow Nice day to bird but long ways between birds with more fields than anything else. Lakes continue to be empty except for 8 AW Pelicans in two locations. God Bless, Paul Roisen Sioux City, IA Woodbury County 712-276-0371(H) 712-301-2817(C) --- 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]
