FW: IOWA RBA 3/22/99
Fuller, Jim (james-fuller@UIOWA.EDU)
Sun, 21 Mar 1999 21:01:25 -0600
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> From: Fuller, Jim
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> Subject: IOWA RBA 3/22/99
>
> IOWA RBA (319)338-9881 Week's Report of 3/22/99 (CORRECTED)
>
> Birds Mentioned:
> Lesser Yellowlegs
> Tree Swallow
> Eastern Phoebe
> Franklin's Gull
> Ross's Goose
> COMMON CRANE (Nebraska)
> Prairie Falcon
> Oldsquaw
> Thayer's Gull
> Sandhill Crane
> Short-eared Owl
> Great-tailed Grackle
> Golden Eagle
> Northern Goshawk
>
> Reports of first arrivals this past week included LESSER YELLOWLEGS, TREE
> SWALLOW, EASTERN PHOEBE, and FRANKLIN'S GULL. In past years ROSS'S GOOSE
> reports were rather unusual, and so the number of recent reports, as well
> the total number of birds is interesting. In the past few days, 20 ROSS'S
> GEESE were at Cone Marsh in Louisa County, 26 were at Swan Lake and 1 at
> the S & G Quarry in Johnson County, 20 were at Big Creek State Park in
> Polk County, and 20 were at the swan pen area west of Big Spirit Lake, and
> 14 were at Hales Slough east of Big Spirit Lake, both in Dickinson County.
> In Nebraska, the COMMON CRANE was still being seen in Kearney County, at
> least through the 20th, and you can get updates by calling the Nebraska
> RBA at (402) 292-5325. The highlights in the state this week were PRAIRIE
> FALCON, OLDSQUAW, and THAYER'S GULL, all in the southeast.
>
> In the southeast in Jefferson County, a PRAIRIE FALCON was a flyby along
> county road W-21 about a mile north of Fairfield near the reservoir on the
> 16th. In Johnson County, the OLDSQUAW was still being seen on the Iowa
> River at Iowa City on the 17th, near the UI Art Museum. In Marion County,
> two first-basic THAYER'S GULLS were sighted along the north side of the
> Red Rock Reservoir on the 17th.
>
> In the northeast in Clinton County, a SANDHILL CRANE was observed at Goose
> Lake on the 20th, while in Bremer County, two SANDHILL CRANES were sighted
> at Sweet Marsh near Tripoli on the 18th. In Allamakee County, five
> SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen late in the day over a field north of Army
> Road, which runs east from New Albin. This location is right on the
> Minnesota borber.
>
> In the central in Boone County, four SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen at Harrier
> Marsh south of Ogden, the evening of the 19th.
>
> In the northwest in Dickinson County, besides the ROSS'S GEESE near Big
> Spirit Lake, a GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE was found at Hale's Slough west of Big
> Spirit Lake on the 20th. An immature GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at Diamond Lake
> on the 20th. In O'Brien County, an immature GOLDEN EAGLE was soaring over
> the Waterman Creek Area on the 21rst.
>
> In the southwest in Fremont County, two NORTHERN GOSHAWKS were flybys at
> Waubonsie State Park on the 16th.
>
> Jim Fuller (319) 338-3561
> ioufuller@aol.com
>