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2014 Outings Pictures!
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Shown below are some of the highlights of LHAS outings in 2014!

Le Conte's Sparrow
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LHAS Outing 10-11-2014 by Tyler Flammang

Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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LHAS Outing 10-11-2014 by Tyler Flammang

Harris's Sparrow
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LHAS Outing 10-11-2014 by Tyler Flammang

Red-tailed Hawk
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LHAS Outing 10-11-2014 by Tyler Flammang

Wilson's Snipe
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LHAS Outing 10-11-2014 by Tyler Flammang

White-faced Ibis
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LHAS Outing 10-11-2014 by Tyler Flammang

Birders Near Owego Wetlands
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LHAS Outing 10-11-2014 by Jan Null

American White Pelicans Feeding (by Carol Blair)
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LHAS Outing 9-13-2014

American White Pelicans (by Carol Blair)
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LHAS Outing 9-13-2014

Marsh Wren At New Lake (by Carol Blair)
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LHAS Outing 9-13-2014

Belted Kingfisher At New Lake (by Jan Null)
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LHAS Outing 9-13-2014

Monarch Butterfly At Snyder's Bend (by Jan Null)
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LHAS Outing 9-13-2014

Snyder's Bend Trail
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LHAS Outing 9-13-2014

Birders At New Lake
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LHAS Outing 9-13-2014

For our August 2014 outing, we joined the Adams Homestead Celebration in South Dakota just north of Sioux City!

Birding the trails at Adams Homestead (Woodlands)
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LHAS Outing 8-9-2014

1 seen on this outing(picture taken on diff. date)
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo by Jan Null

Birding the trails at Adams Homestead (Prairie)
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LHAS Outing 8-9-2014

Threshing at Adams Homestead Celebration
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LHAS Outing 8-9-2014

Our July 2014 outing (below) was at the Bison Days hosted by the Nature Conservancy at the Broken Kettle Grasslands in Plymouth County. We took a hike and then also rode a bus from TNC HQ to the grasslands area where we then road a trailer through the grasslands for up close looks at the Bison! 

Bison Days Hike--Broken Kettle Grasslands
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LHAS Outing 7-12-2014 (By Sofia Jaramillo)

Grasshopper Sparrows were seen on 7-12-2014 outing
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This picture was taken before outing day (by Jan Null)

Bison Days Hike at Broken Kettle
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LHAS Outing 7-12-2014 (It was a little wet!)

Ride through Broken Kettle Grasslands (Bison Days)
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LHAS Outing 7-12-2014 by Jan Null

Bison at Broken Kettle Grasslands (Bison Days)
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LHAS Outing 7-12-2014 by Jan Null

Prairie at Broken Kettle Grasslands
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LHAS Outing 7-12-2014 by Jan Null

Bison Calves-Broken Kettle Grasslands (Bison Days)
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LHAS outing 7-12-2014 by Jan Null

Common Yellowthroat at Owego Wetlands
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LHAS Outing 6-7-2014 by Jan Null

Great Egrets at Dairy Ponds
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LHAS Outing 6-7-2014 by Jan Null

Birders At Owego Wetlands
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LHAS Outing 6-7-2014

Lark Sparrow at Southwood Conservation Area
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LHAS Outing 6-7-2014 by Jan Null

Birder Bob At Owego Wetlands
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LHAS Outing 6-7-2014

We enjoy the flowers too!

Wild Rose at Owego Wetlands--Iowa's State Flower
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LHAS Outing 6-7-2014 by Jan Null

Yellow-headed Blackbirds at Owego by Jan Null
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Part of large flock seen on 4-26-2014 outing (colorful!)

Cinnamon Teal at Badger Lake (on the right)
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LHAS Outing 4-26-2014 (Do you see the other 2 species in this picture?)

Osprey pair near nest site South of Sloan, Iowa
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LHAS outing 4-26-2014 (Have been observed nesting at this site since 2010)

Hudsonian and Marbled Godwits by Jan Null
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2 like this seen on 4-26-2014 outing, but this picture not taken on outing date

Checking out the birds at Owego wetlands
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LHAS Outing 4-26-2014

Gavin's Point Outing 3-22-2014
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Do They Look Cold??

Ring-billed Gull By Carol Blair
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Gavin's Point Outing 3-22-2014

Buffleheads--(3 males courting 1 female)
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Gavin's Point Outing 3-22-2014 by Jan Null

Bald Eagle On Nest (Can you see it?)
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Gavin's Point Outing 3-22-2014 by Jan Null

A Real Veteran (Birder and WWII Too!)
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Happy Birthday Bob! (Gavin's Point Outing 3-22-2014)

1,000's of Mallards were seen on 2-15-14 outing
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They were at west side of Brown's Lake

4 Great Horned Owls were seen on 2-15-14 outing!
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By Jan Null

Eurasian Collared-doves (see the black collar?)
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42 Counted on 2-15-2014 outing!

Cedar Waxwings were seen on 1-25-2014 outing
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By Rob Towler

Canada Geese And Mallards (They Were Loud!)
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Part of huge flock seen on 1-25-2014 outing

Northern Flicker seen on 1-25-2014 outing
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Trying to hide---see his eye peeking by the branch?

LHAS Outing 1-25-2014 (Snyder's Bend)
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Dressed For The Weather!

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Photo by Rusty Dungan