Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, January 30, through Friday, February 5, 2010:
 
-RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required)
 

CASUAL:
*ICELAND (KUMLIENS) GULL*



 
-Additional Species Mentioned
Gray Partridge
PRAIRIE FALCON
Thayers Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Short-eared Owl
Brown Thrasher
Lincolns Sparrow


***NEW!****************
For more up to date information on rarities in the state of Iowa, visit the
Iowa Birds and Birding website at www.iowabirds.org. A list of rare birds is
placed on the home page with the location of the rarity and most recent date
of observation. This is updated several times per day. This is a handy tool
for anyone making a birding trip or otherwise into the state of Iowa.
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Species in ALL CAPS can be classified into three categories in the state of Iowa: 1) UNRECORDED, ACCIDENTAL or Casual; 2) A RARE but regular species; or 3) record early or late date or unusual for time of year. Any species with three asterisks (***species***) would represent a first record for Iowa (UNRECORDED) and should be observed and documented very carefully. Species with two asterisks (**species**) are species that are either ACCIDENTAL, CASUAL, or a rare regular species, and should also be documented. Species with one asterisk (*species) should have some details of the observation provided.




EAST:

SCOTT COUNTY:
Highlights from Lock and Dam 14 on the 31st included a 3W LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and a 1W ICELAND (KUMLIENS) GULL.

An adult and 1W THAYERS GULL were seen at Lock and Dam 14 on the 3rd.

JOHNSON COUNTY:
A BROWN THRASHER was seen at an Iowa City feeding station on the 3rd.



SOUTHEAST:

JEFFERSON COUNTY:
2 LINCOLNS SPARROWS were seen along the northeast corner of the Fairfield Loop Trail on the 4th.



CENTRAL:

BOONE COUNTY:
7 GRAY PARTRIDGE were seen on the east side of W Ave just north of 290th St on the 31st.




NORTHWEST:

WOODBURY COUNTY:
2 PRAIRIE FALCONS were seen at the Sioux Jersey Cattle Farms on the 30th. They were last seen on the 5th.

7 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen on the 1st. 1 was on Owego Rd , 1 was on 280th just east of Owego Dairy, and 5 were seen at the Luton South WPA.

A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen along 260th St on the 2nd.





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The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, February 12, 2010 for the weekly report. Should any UNRECORDED or ACCIDENTAL species be reported, an update will be posted.


John Bissell
Grimes, Iowa
john.annabissell@gmail.com
515-986-9796