-RBA
*Iowa
*Iowa Statewide
*13 May 2007
*IAST07.05.13
-Transcript
-RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required)
ACCIDENTAL
**PAINTED BUNTING**
**GLOSSY IBIS** (3 locations)
CASUAL
**BEWICK'S WREN**
**PRAIRIE WARBLER**
-Additional Species Mentioned
Gray Partridge
Northern Bobwhite
Least Bittern
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Mississippi Kite
Common Moorhen
Black-bellied Plover
Piping Plover
American Avocet
*Black-necked Stilt
Willet
Hudsonian Godwit
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
**SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER**
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Summer Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Le Conte's Sparrow
Smith's Longspur (record late)
Coverage: Iowa Statewide
Date: 13 May 2007
Compiler and Transcriber: Danny Akers
Email: BirdManDan1231@hotmail.com
***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.
************************
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.
-Weekly Summary for Sunday, May 13th, 2007:
-Here is the Iowa Rare Bird Alert from Monday, May 7th to Sunday, May 13th,
2007:
WEST CENTRAL:
WOODBURY COUNTY: Highlights from the 8th included 2 BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERONS, WILLET, WILSON'S and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, and 4 PIPING
PLOVERS.
Notable birds from the county on the 8th included YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER.
SHELBY COUNTY: A male SPOTTED TOWHEE was observed at the Oak Ridge Habitat
Area on the 8th.
GREENE COUNTY: Two LE CONTE'S SPARROWS were at Snake Creek Marsh on the
11th.
SAC COUNTY: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was found between Wall Lake and the town of
Carnarvon on the 13th.
NORTH CENTRAL:
KOSSUTH COUNTY: A stop near Union Slough NWR on the 8th yielded 3 record
late SMITH'S LONGSPURS and an adult LITTLE BLUE HERON as highlights.
CERRO GORDO COUNTY:
A HOODED WARBLER was at Parker's Woods in Mason City on the 8th.
HANCOCK COUNTY: Highlights from Pilot Knob State park on the 12th included
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, KENTUCKY and MOURNING, and CANADA WARBLERS.
WRIGHT COUNTY: Highlights from a portion of Lower Morse Lake WMA, near
Belmond, on the 12th included a GRAY PARTRIDGE, 2 BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERONS, a COMMON MOORHEN, and a LE CONTE'S SPARROW.
NORTHEAST:
BREMER COUNTY:
Seven GLOSSY IBIS were found at Sweet Marsh on the 10th. It seems reasonable
to believe that these were the same birds that were in Polk County earlier
in the week.
CLAYTON COUNTY: A flock of 10 WILLETS was at Frenchtown Park, north of
Guttenberg on the 7th.
An adult male MOURNING WARBLER was observed at Buck Creek County Park north
of Garnavillo on the 12th.
EAST CENTRAL:
LINN COUNTY: The male PRAIRIE WARBLER has returned to Pleasant Creek State
Recreation Area again this year. The bird has been favoriting Strawn Road
this year, at the southwest side of the park. There is a tree on the west
side of the road just south of the lake with a piece of red tape hanging
from a branch. The bird can be heard and observed in the general area of
this tree.
The PRAIRIE WARBLER was joined by a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and a MOURNING
WARBLER in the same general area on the 8th.
The PRAIRIE WARBLER and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT continued on the 9th. NORTHERN
BOBWHITE and WHITE-EYED and BELL'S VIREOS also made their presence known.
JOHNSON COUNTY: A HOODED WARBLER has returned Johnson Co.. It was at the
Sugarbottom Rec Area on the Mtn Bike Trail #104. on the 7th. A WILSON'S
PHALAROPE was also at Sand Point in the Hawkeye W.A.
Two BELL'S VIREOS were heard in Johnson County on the 8th: One was on the
south side of Forevergreen Rd. just west of the Colony Campground at the
southern edge of North Liberty. The other was at the intersection of 155th
St. NW and Echo Ave.
A LEAST BITTERN was at the Gun Club Ponds along Greencastle Ave in Hawkeye
W.A. on the 8th.
A female BLACK-NECKED STILT was in a flooded field at the Babcock Access of
Hawkeye W.A. early in the afternoon on the 9th.
A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was noteworthy in a flooded field along the Babcock
Access Road on the 10th.
A single GLOSSY IBIS was found at Sand Point in the Hawkeye W.A. on the 12th
and has remained through the 13th. Much of the area is flooded and you only
need to walk out a couple hundred feet from the chained off access and scope
the field to the west.
IOWA COUNTY: Along the Amana Nature Trail near Homestead on the 8th was an
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER and 3 CAPE MAY WARBLERS.
SOUTHEAST:
LOUISA COUNTY: A COMMON MOORHEN was repeatedly calling on the north side of
the main dike at Cone Marsh on the 11th.
SOUTH CENTRAL:
MADISON COUNTY: A BEWICK'S WREN has taken up residence at Eugene and Eloise
Armstrong's home. The Wren is building a nest in a wren box on the north
side of their garage. Birders can feel free to stop and take a look.
Directions: Take the first long driveway just south of the east entrance to
the Badger Creek Recreation Area. Their driveway is on the east side of
the road. Badger Creek Rec. Area is about 3.5 miles south of Booneville,
Iowa. The road to the recreation area is about 1 mile west of the town of
Booneville and is called Badger Creek Road/Tabor Road.
WARREN COUNTY: Along the Summerset Bike Trail on the 11th were 5 BELL'S
VIREOS and singles of MOURNING and HOODED WARBLERS.
At Lake Ahquabi State Park on the 12th were YELLOW-THROATED, KENTUCKY, and
HOODED WARBLERS, as well as a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT.
CENTRAL:
POLK COUNTY: A juvenile SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was found on the morning
of the 7th at the Cottonwood Recreation Area of Saylorville Reservoir. The
bird was located along the entrance road, just past the entrance gates. It
was seen throughout most of the day but was not found after the 7th.
A group of 7 IBIS were found at Moeckley Prairie, just east of Polk City,
also on the 7th. It was determined that at least 6 of these were GLOSSY
IBIS. The birds remained throughout much of the day and were observed
briefly the next morning (8th) about a mile to the east, and again near
Errington Marsh late morning before last seen flying off to the northeast.
Amongst the rarities in Polk County on the 7th, a SNOWY EGRET made the
highlight reel at Errington Marsh.
Two AMERICAN AVOCETS were in a flooded field just south of the intersection
of NW 126th Ave. and NW 44th St. on the 8th.
A first spring male SUMMER TANAGER was reported south of the Saylorville Dam
on the 8th.
A MISSISSIPPI KITE was observed over Grand Ave. in Des Moines on the 9th. At
Ashworth Park, highlights included OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLER, and SUMMER TANAGER.
A WESTERN KINGBIRD was observed on the capitol grounds on the 10th.
A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was photographed near Grimes on the 10th. It
appeared to be different that the bird found at Saylorville Reservoir, but
this bird was never relocated.
A WHITE-WINGED DOVE has been coming to a residence in Johnston for about a
month now. A referece point is 5013 Prairie Place in Johnston, between NW
51st Street and NW 49th Street. Take 51st Street off of NW 62nd Avenue
heading north to Piney Ridge Greenhouse, pull into the parking lot, look
south and the house is loaded with bird feeders in the yard. The dove is
sometimes in the trees to the north of Piney Ridge Greenhouse and sometimes
at the feeders.
Two MISSISSIPPI KITES in Des Moines and SUMMER TANAGER were highlights from
a Polk County Big day on the 13th.
STORY COUNTY: A WHITE-EYED VIREO was found at Brookside Park in Ames on the
7th. It was located just north of the creek (across the bridge) along the
bike path. A male CAPE MAY WARBLER and a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER were the
warbler highlights.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER were unexpected
migrants at Brookside Park on the 8th. The CHAT was near the fencerow in the
same area as the Painted Bunting from last summer.
The male PAINTED BUNTING has returned to Brookside Park in Ames again this
year. The bird seems to cover the whole park, and has been feeding at a
residence located just northeast of the park.
DALLAS COUNTY: A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was observed at the Brenton Arboretum
on the 7th. It was seen northeasot of the Famous alders, past the cedars and
the 2nd footbridge.
BOONE COUNTY: A female SPOTTED TOWHEE was observed south of Boone on the 8th
and continued through the 9th.
A MOURNING WARBLER was a highlight bird at Ledges State Park on the 9th.
A KENTUCKY WARBLER was at Ledges State Park on the 10th. It was on the south
side of Lost Lake.
The KENTUCKY WARBLER was relocated on the 11th at Ledges State Park. A
female MOURNING WARBLER was also found.
GRUNDY COUNTY: A WHITE-EYED VIREO was observed singing at Wolf Creek
Recreation Area on the 9th. The bird was along a tree line near the
northeast portion of the area.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Sunday,
May 20th, 2007 for the weekly report. Should any UNRECORDED or ACCIDENTAL
species be reported, an update will be posted.
*Iowa
*Iowa Statewide
*13 May 2007
*IAST07.05.13
-Transcript
-RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required)
ACCIDENTAL
**PAINTED BUNTING**
**GLOSSY IBIS** (3 locations)
CASUAL
**BEWICK'S WREN**
**PRAIRIE WARBLER**
-Additional Species Mentioned
Gray Partridge
Northern Bobwhite
Least Bittern
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Mississippi Kite
Common Moorhen
Black-bellied Plover
Piping Plover
American Avocet
*Black-necked Stilt
Willet
Hudsonian Godwit
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
**SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER**
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Summer Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Le Conte's Sparrow
Smith's Longspur (record late)
Coverage: Iowa Statewide
Date: 13 May 2007
Compiler and Transcriber: Danny Akers
Email: BirdManDan1231@hotmail.com
***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.
************************
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.
-Weekly Summary for Sunday, May 13th, 2007:
-Here is the Iowa Rare Bird Alert from Monday, May 7th to Sunday, May 13th,
2007:
WEST CENTRAL:
WOODBURY COUNTY: Highlights from the 8th included 2 BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERONS, WILLET, WILSON'S and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, and 4 PIPING
PLOVERS.
Notable birds from the county on the 8th included YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER.
SHELBY COUNTY: A male SPOTTED TOWHEE was observed at the Oak Ridge Habitat
Area on the 8th.
GREENE COUNTY: Two LE CONTE'S SPARROWS were at Snake Creek Marsh on the
11th.
SAC COUNTY: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was found between Wall Lake and the town of
Carnarvon on the 13th.
NORTH CENTRAL:
KOSSUTH COUNTY: A stop near Union Slough NWR on the 8th yielded 3 record
late SMITH'S LONGSPURS and an adult LITTLE BLUE HERON as highlights.
CERRO GORDO COUNTY:
A HOODED WARBLER was at Parker's Woods in Mason City on the 8th.
HANCOCK COUNTY: Highlights from Pilot Knob State park on the 12th included
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, KENTUCKY and MOURNING, and CANADA WARBLERS.
WRIGHT COUNTY: Highlights from a portion of Lower Morse Lake WMA, near
Belmond, on the 12th included a GRAY PARTRIDGE, 2 BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERONS, a COMMON MOORHEN, and a LE CONTE'S SPARROW.
NORTHEAST:
BREMER COUNTY:
Seven GLOSSY IBIS were found at Sweet Marsh on the 10th. It seems reasonable
to believe that these were the same birds that were in Polk County earlier
in the week.
CLAYTON COUNTY: A flock of 10 WILLETS was at Frenchtown Park, north of
Guttenberg on the 7th.
An adult male MOURNING WARBLER was observed at Buck Creek County Park north
of Garnavillo on the 12th.
EAST CENTRAL:
LINN COUNTY: The male PRAIRIE WARBLER has returned to Pleasant Creek State
Recreation Area again this year. The bird has been favoriting Strawn Road
this year, at the southwest side of the park. There is a tree on the west
side of the road just south of the lake with a piece of red tape hanging
from a branch. The bird can be heard and observed in the general area of
this tree.
The PRAIRIE WARBLER was joined by a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and a MOURNING
WARBLER in the same general area on the 8th.
The PRAIRIE WARBLER and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT continued on the 9th. NORTHERN
BOBWHITE and WHITE-EYED and BELL'S VIREOS also made their presence known.
JOHNSON COUNTY: A HOODED WARBLER has returned Johnson Co.. It was at the
Sugarbottom Rec Area on the Mtn Bike Trail #104. on the 7th. A WILSON'S
PHALAROPE was also at Sand Point in the Hawkeye W.A.
Two BELL'S VIREOS were heard in Johnson County on the 8th: One was on the
south side of Forevergreen Rd. just west of the Colony Campground at the
southern edge of North Liberty. The other was at the intersection of 155th
St. NW and Echo Ave.
A LEAST BITTERN was at the Gun Club Ponds along Greencastle Ave in Hawkeye
W.A. on the 8th.
A female BLACK-NECKED STILT was in a flooded field at the Babcock Access of
Hawkeye W.A. early in the afternoon on the 9th.
A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was noteworthy in a flooded field along the Babcock
Access Road on the 10th.
A single GLOSSY IBIS was found at Sand Point in the Hawkeye W.A. on the 12th
and has remained through the 13th. Much of the area is flooded and you only
need to walk out a couple hundred feet from the chained off access and scope
the field to the west.
IOWA COUNTY: Along the Amana Nature Trail near Homestead on the 8th was an
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER and 3 CAPE MAY WARBLERS.
SOUTHEAST:
LOUISA COUNTY: A COMMON MOORHEN was repeatedly calling on the north side of
the main dike at Cone Marsh on the 11th.
SOUTH CENTRAL:
MADISON COUNTY: A BEWICK'S WREN has taken up residence at Eugene and Eloise
Armstrong's home. The Wren is building a nest in a wren box on the north
side of their garage. Birders can feel free to stop and take a look.
Directions: Take the first long driveway just south of the east entrance to
the Badger Creek Recreation Area. Their driveway is on the east side of
the road. Badger Creek Rec. Area is about 3.5 miles south of Booneville,
Iowa. The road to the recreation area is about 1 mile west of the town of
Booneville and is called Badger Creek Road/Tabor Road.
WARREN COUNTY: Along the Summerset Bike Trail on the 11th were 5 BELL'S
VIREOS and singles of MOURNING and HOODED WARBLERS.
At Lake Ahquabi State Park on the 12th were YELLOW-THROATED, KENTUCKY, and
HOODED WARBLERS, as well as a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT.
CENTRAL:
POLK COUNTY: A juvenile SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was found on the morning
of the 7th at the Cottonwood Recreation Area of Saylorville Reservoir. The
bird was located along the entrance road, just past the entrance gates. It
was seen throughout most of the day but was not found after the 7th.
A group of 7 IBIS were found at Moeckley Prairie, just east of Polk City,
also on the 7th. It was determined that at least 6 of these were GLOSSY
IBIS. The birds remained throughout much of the day and were observed
briefly the next morning (8th) about a mile to the east, and again near
Errington Marsh late morning before last seen flying off to the northeast.
Amongst the rarities in Polk County on the 7th, a SNOWY EGRET made the
highlight reel at Errington Marsh.
Two AMERICAN AVOCETS were in a flooded field just south of the intersection
of NW 126th Ave. and NW 44th St. on the 8th.
A first spring male SUMMER TANAGER was reported south of the Saylorville Dam
on the 8th.
A MISSISSIPPI KITE was observed over Grand Ave. in Des Moines on the 9th. At
Ashworth Park, highlights included OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLER, and SUMMER TANAGER.
A WESTERN KINGBIRD was observed on the capitol grounds on the 10th.
A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was photographed near Grimes on the 10th. It
appeared to be different that the bird found at Saylorville Reservoir, but
this bird was never relocated.
A WHITE-WINGED DOVE has been coming to a residence in Johnston for about a
month now. A referece point is 5013 Prairie Place in Johnston, between NW
51st Street and NW 49th Street. Take 51st Street off of NW 62nd Avenue
heading north to Piney Ridge Greenhouse, pull into the parking lot, look
south and the house is loaded with bird feeders in the yard. The dove is
sometimes in the trees to the north of Piney Ridge Greenhouse and sometimes
at the feeders.
Two MISSISSIPPI KITES in Des Moines and SUMMER TANAGER were highlights from
a Polk County Big day on the 13th.
STORY COUNTY: A WHITE-EYED VIREO was found at Brookside Park in Ames on the
7th. It was located just north of the creek (across the bridge) along the
bike path. A male CAPE MAY WARBLER and a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER were the
warbler highlights.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER were unexpected
migrants at Brookside Park on the 8th. The CHAT was near the fencerow in the
same area as the Painted Bunting from last summer.
The male PAINTED BUNTING has returned to Brookside Park in Ames again this
year. The bird seems to cover the whole park, and has been feeding at a
residence located just northeast of the park.
DALLAS COUNTY: A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was observed at the Brenton Arboretum
on the 7th. It was seen northeasot of the Famous alders, past the cedars and
the 2nd footbridge.
BOONE COUNTY: A female SPOTTED TOWHEE was observed south of Boone on the 8th
and continued through the 9th.
A MOURNING WARBLER was a highlight bird at Ledges State Park on the 9th.
A KENTUCKY WARBLER was at Ledges State Park on the 10th. It was on the south
side of Lost Lake.
The KENTUCKY WARBLER was relocated on the 11th at Ledges State Park. A
female MOURNING WARBLER was also found.
GRUNDY COUNTY: A WHITE-EYED VIREO was observed singing at Wolf Creek
Recreation Area on the 9th. The bird was along a tree line near the
northeast portion of the area.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Sunday,
May 20th, 2007 for the weekly report. Should any UNRECORDED or ACCIDENTAL
species be reported, an update will be posted.