Yesterday afternoon I saw a FOY BOBOLINK fly over the visitor center parking log giving its flight song. Also saw about 20 SMITH'S LONGSPURS were still in the burned prairie near the visitor center. Shorebirds changed shifts sometime during the day, with the Willets being replaced with 5 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS by afternoon. The dowitchers were still present this morning along with other shorebirds. -- Karen Viste-Sparkman Wildlife Biologist Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge P.O. Box 399 9981 Pacific Street Prairie City, IA 50228 515-994-3400
"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter." --Rachel Carson --- 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.
