Hi All, This morning a Yellow Rail was flushed at Horseshoe Bend Wildlife Area in Louisa County. This bird had the largest and most brilliant white trailing edge we have ever seen. The grassland and marsh area is very large, so it is difficult to give directions to exact location, but it was in the grassland along 114th Avenue about two miles in from Louisa County Road X99 east of Wapello. There were also LeConte's Sparrows in the area but no Nelson's Sharp-taileds. Also in Louisa County, there were 10 Sandhill Cranes at Cone Marsh, south of the south road.
Chuck Fuller, Burlington Jim Fuller, Iowa City --- 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]
