Iowa Rare Bird Alert for 7/2/2009
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Compiler/Transcriber: John Bissell
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A gazatteer of sites used in these reports
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Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, June 27, through Friday, July 2, 2009:
-RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required)
-Additional Species Mentioned
Gray Partridge
Western Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Least Bittern
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Mississippi Kite
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
Least Flycatcher
ALDER FLYCATCHER (Record late)
Western Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Northern Mockingbird
Kentucky Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
Blue Grosbeak
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***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.
NORTH CENTRAL:
HANCOCK COUNTY:
A RED-NECKED GREBE and 2 WESTERN GREBES were seen at Eagle Lake on the 27th.
EAST:
LINN COUNTY:
A WHITE-EYED VIREO was seen at the SW arm of Pleasant Creek SP on the 1st.
SOUTHEAST:
DES MOINES COUNTY:
A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was last seen at a feeding station in Burlington on the 27th.
CENTRAL:
STORY COUNTY:
A GRAY PARTRIDGE was seen running from east to west across 610th Avenue in Story County about a quarter mile north of 260th Street on the 26th.
BOONE COUNTY:
A KENTUCKY WARBLER was seen on private property on the 27th.
POLK COUNTY:
A MISSISSIPPI KITE was seen soaring east of Fleur Ave in south Des Moines on the 28th. It was just north of the Fleur Cinema and the HyVee.
DALLAS COUNTY:
An apparent territorial male ALDER FLYCATCHER was seen in a BBA block on the 29th.
SOUTHWEST:
FREMONT COUNTY:
A pair of WESTERN KINGBIRDS were seen in Farragut on the 29th. The nest is located on a utility pole near the intersection of Dupont St. and Mobile Ave.
NORTHWEST:
DICKINSON COUNTY:
7 RED-NECKED GREBES were seen at Grover Lake on the 26th.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen along the entrance road to Kettleson Hogsback WA on the 27th.
A BLUE GROSBEAK was seen in some roadside brush west of Cayler Prairie on the 27th.
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS and LEAST BITTERNS were seen at West Hottes Lake on the 27th.
LEAST BITTERNS were observed at Spring Run WA on the 27th.
HUMBOLDT COUNTY:
A LEAST FLYCATCHER was seen near Bradgate on the 26th.
LYON COUNTY:
A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD and a WESTERN KINGBIRD were seen at Gitchie Manitou Preserve on the 26th.
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The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, July 10, 2009 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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