Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, March 8, through Friday, March 14, 2014:
-RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required) ACCIDENTAL: **BLACK VULTURE** CASUAL: *BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE* -Additional Species Mentioned Thayers Gull Golden Eagle Snowy Owl ***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. *NORTH CENTRAL:* CERRO GORDO COUNTY: A SNOWY OWL was seen south of County Road B55 and 1.5 mi east of Cardinal Ave on the 9th. 2 SNOWY OWLS were seen 3 miles south of Ventura at the intersection of Balsam Ave and County Rd B43 on the 14th. WINNEBAGO COUNTY: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at the north end of Rice Lake on the 10th. *EAST*: LINN COUNTY: A THAYERS GULL was seen at Cedar Lake on the 9th. This bird was last seen on the 10th. *SOUTHEAST*: LOUISA COUNTY: A BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was seen near Lock and Dam 17 on the 13th. *CENTRAL:* *MARSHALL COUNTY:* *A BLACK VULTURE was seen along Highway 330 about a mile north of the Jasper/Story/Marshall County line on the 12th.* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, March 21, 2014 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 --- 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.
