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Saturday, 23 August 2008.
10 birders enjoyed a beautiful summer day birding some of our local areas. We began at ‘The Square’
north of Luton and then worked our way through the Loess Hills, Owego Wetlands, Dairy Ponds, Sandhill Lake, and New Lake.
76 total species were located for the day.
| Birders At Owego Wetlands 8-23-2008 |
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| By Jerry Von Ehwegen |
8-23-2008 Birds--Local Areas Outing--76 Species--Highlights
In Red
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Hooded Merganser
Ring-necked
Pheasant
Pie-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green
Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Virginia
Rail
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least
Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s
Phalarope
Black Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted
Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern
Phoebe
Great-crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Bell’s Vireo
Blue Jay
American
Crow
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
White-breasted Nuthatch
House
Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European
Starling
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue
Grosbeak
Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard
Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Saturday, 12 July 2008.
5 birders enjoyed a beautiful cool July day to bird 3 more Woodbury County BBA blocks in the Correctionville area. 1
birder got an early start and worked 2 blocks southeast of C’ville while the rest of us walked the new bike trail
south
of C’ville in another block. The weather was great and the birds were plentiful as we worked our way along
the trail and over the impressive Union Bridge over the Little Sioux River. We enjoyed watching dozens of Cliff
Swallows gathering mud for their nests below the Union Bridge.
We checked some other areas with different habitats before and after a nice lunch at Copeland Park before heading home.
A total of 66 species were found for the day.
7-12-2008 Birds--Correctionville Area Outing--66 Species--Highlights
In Red
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Ring-necked Pheasant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed
Hawk
Killdeer
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-dove
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney
Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy
Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Great-crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Loggerhead
Shrike
Bell’s Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
American
Crow
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank
Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper
Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted
Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House
Sparrow
Saturday, 7 June 2008.
9 birders used the June outing to gather data for the Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas Project. Stone State Park is
in one of the specified breeding blocks so we started there and then went further north to the Broken Kettle Grasslands
area where some other breeding blocks exist.
66 total species were located for the day with varying levels of breeding
evidence. The highlight of the day was finding a pair of SUMMER TANAGERS at Stone Park with the female sitting on the nest.
| BBA Search Stone Park |
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| By Bill Bossman |
6-07-2008 Birds--Stone Park & Broken Kettle Outing--66 Species--Highlights In Red
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Ring-necked Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Double-crested
Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Killdeer
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed
Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied
Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern
Phoebe
Great-crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Bell’s Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed
Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped
Chickadee
House Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Yellow
Warbler
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Summer
Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Red-winged
Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore
Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
| Powder Creek Birders 4-19-2008 |
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| By Loren Hansen |
| Swainson's Hawk 4-19-2008 |
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| By Loren Hansen |
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