I took a drive out to the Brenton Arboretum as well as a new wetland just west of Grimes this morning. Highlights:
Brenton Arboretum: 7500+ Snow Geese (flyovers and a conservative estimate. The flock was large enough to get my kids to put down their video games voluntarily and check them out. :-) ) ~75 Ross's Geese 4 FOY Eastern Meadowlarks Walnut Creek Wetland (3 miles west of Grimes on Highway 44 and then turn north on W Ave for about a mile, and then take a left onto 230th St and the waters on your right) 15 Species of waterfowl 2500 Snow Geese 40 Ross's Geese 400 Greater White-fronted Geese 4 American Wigeon 2 Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Redhead Gadwall Green-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Northern Pintail Mallards Canada Geese Northern Shoveler Bufflehead Good birding, John Bissell Grimes --- 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.
