Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, September 14, through Friday, September 20, 2013:
-RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required) CASUAL: *LAUGHING GULL* *NEOTROPIC CORMORANT* -Additional Species Mentioned Prairie Falcon American Avocet White-rumped Sandpiper Red-necked Phalarope Lesser Black-backed Gull Nelsons Sparrow ***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. *EAST*: JOHNSON COUNTY: 2 NELSONS SPARROWS were seen at Sand Point on the 13th. A LAUGHING GULL was seen at Sugar Bottom RA on the 16th. It was relocated at Scales Pointe on the 19th. *CENTRAL:* * * *POLK COUNTY:* *A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was seen at Saylorville on the 20th.* * * * * *NORTHWEST:* * * *EMMET COUNTY:* *A PRAIRIE FALCON was seen 1.5 miles east of Armstrong on the 15th.* * * *Highlights from High Lake on the 15th included a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, 3 AMERICAN AVOCETS, and 2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES.* * * *DICKINSON COUNTY:* *A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on West Okoboji Lake on the 20th.* * * * * * * * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, September 27, 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]
