Danny - could you provide a link to the radar site your using? Is it something that needs interpretation or self explanatory?
I noticed the fields and woods around my house were alive with birds this morning. At first I assumed just flocks of sparrows. When I noticed a warbler I stopped to look a little more carefully and realized I was surrounded with a variety of warblers, finches, etc. Joe On 9/11/13, Danny Akers <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > After watching the radar last evening, I was pretty stoked to get out and do > some birding this morning. I first visited the Woodland Reserve Greenway in > north Ankeny, followed by Cottonwood RA at Saylorville and finished up at > Carney Marsh back in Ankeny. A VERY good morning birding, I ended with 79 > species. > > 3 Cooper's Hawks > > 5 species of shorebirds > --1 Greater Yellowlegs @ Cottonwood > --Semipalmated Sandpipers @ Cottonwood & Carney Marsh > --1 Baird's @ Carney Marsh > > 2 Forster's Terns @ Cottonwood (flyover) > 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers @ Carney Marsh (both adults) > > 1 MERLIN (taiga) @ Carney Marsh, (Merlin was chasing a Mourning Dove and an > American Kestrel was chasing the Merlin!) > > 6 species of flycatchers (at least) > --vocal Willows (3) @ Woodland Reserve & Carney Marsh > --vocal Least (9!) @ all three locales > --4 Eastern Kingbirds @ Carney Marsh > > 6 Yellow-throated Vireos @ Cottonwood (most still singing) > 3 Philadelphia Vireos @ Cottonwood (2) and Carney Marsh (1) > 74 Red-eyed Vireos total > > 17 House Wrens, 15 @ Cottonwood > 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet @ Woodland Reserve > > 16 Eastern Bluebirds @ Cottonwood > 2 Swainson's Thrushes, singles @ Cottonwood and Carney Marsh > 1 Wood Thrush @ Carney Marsh (with a flock of Robins) > > several hundred American Robins > 92 Gray Catbirds total > > 106 Cedar Waxwings total, 82 @ Cottonwood > > 10 species of warblers > -1 Golden-winged @ Carney Marsh > -4 Nashville > -2 Yellow, singles @ Woodland Reserve and Carney Marsh > -4 Magnolia > -1 Black-throated Green @ Woodland Reserve > -2 Black-and White > -6 American Redstarts > -1 Ovenbird > -13 Common Yellowthroats, 9 @ Carney Marsh > -7 Wilson's > > 1 SUMMER TANAGER, a male, @ Woodland Reserve > 9 Baltimore Orioles between the 3 locations > > 132 American Goldfinches total, 105 @ Carney Marsh > > > > > I've never seen Carney Marsh so low in the time I've been living here. There > is plenty of exposed mud around the edges of the marsh, and they are ideal > for shorebirds right now. Very few birds present today, however. Not sure > about anyone else in central Iowa, but the numbers (and variety) of warblers > just don't seem to be here yet? > > > Danny Akers > Ankeny > [email protected] > > > > > --- > 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] > --- 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]
