My wife and I just returned from biking the new stretch of the Raccoon Valley Bike Trail between Perry & Minburn this afternoon. Along the trail about a mile south of Perry a female Northern Bobwhite flushed from the trail edge, and about 3/4 mi further south we passed a singing male in the trailside brush. On returning 30 minutes later he was still busily singing away. I’ve heard a few other quail in both Dallas and Guthrie counties this summer—more than I’ve heard there in the past few years. I hope that’s a good sign for the quail, but it will be interesting to see what numbers DNR’s August roadside surveys (in progress) might turn up for those counties, and for all of southern Iowa.
DOUG HARR Ogden --- 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]
