Iowa Birdline update, November 21, 1988

Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for November 21, 1988. Highlights of the update include the many bird species that were observed on an Iowa Ornithologists' Union field trip to Saylorville Lake and Big Creek State Park. Also included were other interesting sightings were from around the state, including a Tundra Swan, Golden Eagles, a Red-shouldered Hawk, a Carolina Wren, and two immature female White-winged Scoters.

Fuller, James L.
Iowa Ornithologists' Union

1988-11-21

Bird watching
Waterfowl
Dial-a-message telephone calls
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
Northern Shrike (Lanius borealis)

Big Creek State Park
Iowa City
Jester Park
New Albin
Saylorville Lake
West Okoboji Lake
Pool 9
Cherry Glen Recreation Area
Sugar Bottom Recreation Area

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