Just a quick note that HNCH has recorded 352 Sharp-shinned Hawks over the last
two day (that is a two-day record with the total of 237 on 10/20 being a
one-day record. They went by yesterday line up in assembly-line style (up to
ten in a row). We have been wondering where they all were this
On the way down to the meeting on Friday morning Paul and I saw a Northern
Goshawk between Sandpiper Beach and Oak Grove at Saylorville Reservoir.
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- Original Message -
From: Paul Roisen
To: IA-BIRD
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 10:16 PM
Subject: [ia-bird]
Late yesterday, we had a visit from what we think is a first-year fall
female Orange-crowned Warbler. I sat with all our warbler identification
books checking and rechecking. Corrections are welcome. We put her as
today's entry on our blog, if you would care to look.
Someone on the Missouri listserv posted a link to this nifty little
contraption. They use it for surveying for rails. Pretty simple and
effective.
http://www.pbase.com/sloughbirder/how_to_build_a_drag_rope_for_rails
Enjoy!
Matthew Torres
Leon, IA
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I was gone for the last two weeks so I haven't been up to date on the birds
around here. There were reports of SHORT-EARED OWLS while I was gone, so
there are a few around. From past experience it seems like the first
arrivals are still moving around so they aren't reliably found until later
in
This morning as I walked to the truck in my driveway, I heard sharp
little chip sounds all over the place. I looked to the trees in my front
yard and they were absolutely dripping with Yellow-rumped Warblers. I
estimated 40 to 50 just in my front yard alone..then I looked down the
block, and in
Caught a break in the rain for a couple hours, so I checked out the
field at 120th Ave. and 270th St., Kossuth Co. Flushed a flock of 70
Smith's Longspurs twice and had a flyover flock of 60 Laps. Also present
were 35 Pipits and a Short-eared Owl.
East of Algona, there were 23 Smith's
