Yesterday I celebrated my birthday in normal fashion with a big bird day...except for the heat and humidity. It was 81 degrees and a dew point in the 70's when we started at 5 AM. It warmed up nicely from there and luckily we had a pretty good breeze from the west southwest. Total species at 103 was down a little from normal and the birds were really quiet with little pre-dawn activity. I'm sure they were hot, too.
There were literally hundreds of Eastern Kingbirds everywhere we went and one Western Kingbird at the town of Cornell. We pulled into Trumbull Lake after lunch expecting a shorebird bonanza but it was bone dry so only a few Killdeer, Pectorals and Leasts were there. Mudflats at High Lake in Emmet county produced the shorebirds with nine Red-necked Phalaropes and one Wilson's Phalarope included and notable. Wilson also had two each of warblers and snipe on the day. Lee A. Schoenewe Spencer --- 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]
