Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, July 17, through Friday, July 23, 2010:
-RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required)
ACCIDENTAL:
**SAYS PHOEBE**
**NEOTROPIC CORMORANT**
CASUAL:
*CALIFORNIA GULL*
-Additional Species Mentioned
Gray Partridge
Red-necked Grebe
Least Bittern
Cattle Egret
Willet
Marbled Godwit
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER (Record early)
Bonapartes Gull
Least Tern
Common Tern
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
CHUCK-WILLS-WIDOW
Black-billed Cuckoo
Least Flycatcher
Northern Mockingbird
Kentucky Warbler
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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.
NORTH CENTRAL:
HAMILTON COUNTY:
A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was seen at Little Wall Lake on the 17th.
HANCOCK COUNTY:
A LEAST FLYCATCHER was seen at Eagle Lake on the 17th.
CERRO GORDO COUNTY:
A LEAST BITTERN was seen at Zirbel Slough on the 17th.
GRAY PARTRIDGE were seen at the intersection of Quail St and 120th St on the 17th.
2 GRAY PARTRIDGE were seen along Co. B43 just east of I-35 on the 19th.
FRANKLIN COUNTY:
Highlights from flooded fields in the county on the 18th included 6 CATTLE EGRETS and 9 WILLETS.
CENTRAL:
GREENE COUNTY:
A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen in the cemetary on 225th St. between C and D Ave on the 21st.
SOUTHWEST:
PAGE COUNTY:
A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT is still being seen at Rapp Park as recently as the 18th.
The family of WHITE-WINGED DOVES is still being seen in Shenandoah as recently as the 18th.
FREMONT COUNTY:
At least 200 CATTLE EGRETS were seen at Forney Lake on the 18th.
A CHUCK-WILLS-WIDOW was seen near Waubonsie SP on the 18th.
A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was seen in an atlas block on the 18th.
MILLS COUNTY:
248 CATTLE EGRETS were seen at Nottleman on the 19th. Another 63 were mile away.
A pair of KENTUCKY WARBLERS were seen at White Oak Park on the 19th.
WEST:
POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY:
At least 20 LEAST TERNS were seen at the MidAmerican ponds on the 18th.
NORTHWEST:
DICKINSON COUNTY:
The Freda Haffner Kettle Hole SAYS PHOEBES, or at least one of them, were last seen on the 21st.
A BONAPARTES GULL was seen at Spirit Lake on the 21st.
A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen at Grover Lake on the 21st.
An adult CALIFORNIA GULL was seen from The Grade at the north end of Big Spirit Lake on the 19th.
HUMBOLDT COUNTY:
A record early LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen in sheetwater on the 17th.
A CATTLE EGRET was seen along Highway 3 on the 20th.
PALO ALTO COUNTY:
A brood of GRAY PARTRIDGE and a BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO were seen on the 21st.
CLAY COUNTY:
4 MARBLED GODWITS were seen on the 21st.
KOSSUTH COUNTY:
A brood of GRAY PARTRIDGE were seen along Hwy 169 north of Bancroft on the 19th.
SAC COUNTY:
A COMMON TERN was seen sitting on a buoy at Black Hawk Lake on the 20th.
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The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, July 30, 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
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