The good weather was too much to resist so my first serious Iowa birding of 2014. No more Big Year's for awhile but county birding has become kind of addicting. Off to Montgomery and Adams county today hoping to get them both over the 100 mark. Ended the day with 37 new county bird for a total of 102. Adams was a little tougher where I added 25 for total of 93. Waterfowl, as expected provide the largest number and diversity) All five geese species (though cackling number on 2 total) (4 species in each county) Trumpeter Swan (6 unbanded) in Montgomery Gadwall Am Wigeon Mallard Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Canvasback (1 solitary drake) Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup (drake) Bufflehead Common Goldeneye (1 pair) Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Ruddy Duck Am Coot (one lonely guy walking around on the ice)
Raptors--Few species Red-tail Hawks everywhere (4 active nests) Bald Eagle (several units playing and tumbling) Northern Harrier Golden Eagle 2 high over Lake Icaria in Adams (one juvenile and one adult--though not at same time it make me wonder if they are connected. Killdeer and Red-winged BB are definitely back! Disappointing--no Rusty BB though a single Common Grackle showed up. First of the year Yellow-rumped Warbler was a pleasure to see (unfortunately I already had it in Adams) Surprise of the day was "fly-over" Black-crowned Night-Heron at the ponds off of Riverview in SW Red Oak. What a great day God gave us today! Paul O. Roisen Sioux City, IA 712-301-2817 On Friday, March 14, 2014 10:12 PM, RG/KW <[email protected]> wrote: Oops, should read 5 miles SE of West Liberty >Rolley Glasgow, Iowa City > > >--- >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. > > > --- 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.
