The Iowa City Bird Club and friends hit Waterworks Park in Iowa city this morning. We walked a 1.54 mile loop around the It was clear, in the 60’s and breezy.
The trip was billed as a two for one as we were to go to Truebood after Waterworks. After we were finished at Waterworks, but we skipped Trueblood in light of the Mental Health walk being held there.
52 species: Canada Goose 2, Gadwall 2, Mallard 1, Blue-winged Teal 4, Northern Shoveler 10, Ring-necked Pheasant 1, Pied-billed Grebe 3, Horned Grebe 1, Double-crested Cormorant 10, American White Pelican 41, Great Blue Heron 1, Green Heron 1, Osprey 1, Sharp-shinned Hawk 1, Bald Eagle 1, Broad-winged Hawk 40 [1s, 2s and one small kettle], Red-tailed Hawk 2, American Coot 15, Killdeer 2, Solitary Sandpiper 2, Lesser Yellowlegs 6, Wilson's Snipe 1, Caspian Tern 1 [Large tern, black cap, orange bill], Mourning Dove 3, Belted Kingfisher 1, Red-bellied Woodpecker 1, Downy Woodpecker 1, American Kestrel 1, Warbling Vireo 1, Blue Jay 15 [small flock, flying N], American Crow 1, Tree Swallow 25, Barn Swallow 1, Black-capped Chickadee 1, Tufted Titmouse 2, White-breasted Nuthatch 3, House Wren 1, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4, Eastern Bluebird 2, American Robin 15, Brown Thrasher 1, European Starling 3, Yellow-rumped Warbler 2, Song Sparrow 3, White-throated Sparrow 6, Northern Cardinal 1, Red-winged Blackbird 20, Eastern Meadowlark 8, Brown-headed Cowbird 10, American Goldfinch 3, and House Sparrow 2.
Rick Hollis rural North Liberty
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