Preliminary tally on the Iowa City CBC yesterday is 64 species, just shy of our 10-year average of 65. That's pretty good considering the only open water was below the Iowa River dams and we only saw 5 waterfowl species.
Highlights included Trumpeter Swan, Redhead, Merlin, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Northern Shrike, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Hermit Thrush, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Fox Sparrow, Snow Bunting, Red-winged Blackbird, meadowlark sp., Rusty Blackbird, Common Grackle, and Eurasian Tree Sparrow. Chris Edwards Solon, IA [email protected] --- 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]. Unsubscribe at http://iowabirds.org/Reporting/Listserv.aspx.
