Iowa RBA, December 22, 1997

Email of the Iowa RBA update for December 22, 1997. Highlights of the update include observations of several outstanding birds from seven Christmas Bird Counts held around the state. The best birds discovered on the counts were several species of Gulls and Woodpeckers as well as White-winged Crossbills, Long-tailed Ducks, and Common Redpolls. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week's update with sightings of Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Merlin, and Surf Scoter.

Fuller, James L.
Iowa Ornithologists' Union

Brees, Aaron
Clark, Jane
Huser, Bill F.
Probst, Jerry

1997-12-22

Bird watching
Dial-a-message telephone calls
Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)
Thayer's Gull (Larus thayeri)
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)
Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mew Gull (Larus canus)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
Le Conte's Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii)
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
Northern Shrike (Lanius borealis)
Woodpeckers and allies (Piciformes)

Atlantic
Burlington
Clive
George Wyth Memorial State Park
Iowa City
Keokuk
Nevada
Rathbun Lake
Red Rock Dam
Saylorville Lake
Sioux City
Spirit Lake
West Okoboji Lake
Aspen Grove Cemetery
Medicine Creek Wildlife Area

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