Iowa Birdline update, December 12, 1988

Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for December 12, 1988. Highlights of the update include sightings of several species of Gulls, a brief appearance of a Brant, and a pair of Barrow's Goldeneyes. Also of note were sightings of Sandhill Cranes and a Red-bellied Woodpecker that was spotted at a feeder.

Fuller, James L.
Iowa Ornithologists' Union

1988-12-12

Bird watching
Dial-a-message telephone calls
Thayer's Gull (Larus thayeri)
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
Brant (Branta bernicla)
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
Northern Shrike (Lanius borealis)

Burlington
Hickory Hill Park
Lake Red Rock
Lock and Dam Number 18
Osage
Polk County
Spirit Lake
DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
Lake Easter
Oak Grove Recreation Area
Cosgrove

40.80754, -91.11292
41.66946, -91.50989
41.44055, -93.19521
40.88282, -91.02403
43.28414, -92.81103
41.6855, -93.57353
43.4776, -95.09565
41.49722, -96.01779
41.54434, -93.5662
41.73795, -93.69063
41.64279, -91.73573

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