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9/18/26 6:46 am

John and Anna Bissell <john.annabissell...>

[ia-bird] Iowa RBA: 9-18-26

9/17/26 6:10 pm

Wendy VanDeWalle <wtvandewalle...>

[ia-bird] More Broad-winged Hawks for Marshall Co!

9/17/26 3:13 pm

'Diana Pesek' via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...>

[ia-bird] Broad-winged bonanza at Grammer Grove hawk watch today

9/17/26 12:03 pm

Elliot Young <young.elliotb...>

[ia-bird] Broad-Winged Hawks

9/17/26 11:13 am

Jacob Newton <newtja84...>

Re: [ia-bird] Nutcracker

9/17/26 11:00 am

Kelly Ertz <dinokelertz...>

[ia-bird] Broad-winged hawks

9/17/26 9:53 am

Rita Goranson <ritag...>

[ia-bird] Nutcracker

9/16/26 6:05 pm

'Art Check' via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...>

[ia-bird] Re: Sad day window strikes

9/16/26 5:32 pm

'Art Check' via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...>

[ia-bird] Sad day window strikes

9/16/26 5:20 pm

Carson Noble <mango.tux...>

Re: [ia-bird] Re: AI - Funny Not Funny

9/16/26 4:40 pm

RE: [ia-bird] Re: AI - Funny Not Funny

9/16/26 4:31 pm

Carson Noble <mango.tux...>

[ia-bird] Re: AI - Funny Not Funny

9/16/26 4:06 pm

Rita Goranson <ritag...>

[ia-bird] Nutcracker

9/16/26 3:43 pm

[ia-bird] AI - Funny Not Funny

9/16/26 2:30 pm

Wendy VanDeWalle <wtvandewalle...>

Re: [ia-bird] Not a sighting

9/16/26 1:01 pm

Paul Hertzel <phertzel...>

Re: [ia-bird] Not a sighting

9/16/26 10:34 am

'Dinsmore, Stephen J [NREM]' via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...>

RE: [ia-bird] Not a sighting

9/16/26 8:06 am

Rita Goranson <ritag...>

[ia-bird] Clark's Nutcracker

9/16/26 7:29 am

Merle and Marsha Hall <mghall...>

Re: [ia-bird] Dragonflies

9/15/26 8:56 pm

Clayton Will <willcfish...>

[ia-bird] Not a sighting

9/15/26 6:09 pm

Clayton Will <willcfish...>

Re: [ia-bird] Dragonflies

9/15/26 5:19 pm

Ken Wiggers <ken.wiggers...>

[ia-bird] Dragonflies

9/15/26 8:00 am

jimforde via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...>

[ia-bird] Sabine's Gull at Lake Macbride

9/15/26 4:33 am

Clayton Will <willcfish...>

[ia-bird] Re: 2 Greater Black-backed Gulls at Oak Grove this morning.

9/14/26 7:48 am

Clayton Will <willcfish...>

[ia-bird] Re: 2 Greater Black-backed Gulls at Oak Grove this morning.

9/14/26 7:45 am

Clayton Will <willcfish...>

[ia-bird] 2 Greater Black-backed Gulls at Oak Grove this morning.

9/13/26 6:03 pm

Colleen <cradebaugh10...>

Re: [ia-bird] Birdiful day in/near Ledges State Park

9/13/26 5:29 pm

weatherbird58 <weatherbird58...>

[ia-bird] Birdiful day in/near Ledges State Park

9/13/26 7:05 am

jimforde via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...>

[ia-bird] Sabines Gull at Coralville Lake

9/12/26 11:50 am

Dan Cohen <dwcohen81...>

Re: [ia-bird] Common Tern oak grove : gone

9/12/26 10:09 am

Dan Cohen <dwcohen81...>

[ia-bird] Dan Cohen SENT YOU AN ECARD!

9/12/26 8:09 am

Wendy VanDeWalle <wtvandewalle...>

[ia-bird] Common Tern oak grove : gone

9/12/26 8:02 am

Wendy VanDeWalle <wtvandewalle...>

[ia-bird] Common Tern Oak Grove beach

9/11/26 7:59 am

John and Anna Bissell <john.annabissell...>

[ia-bird] Iowa RBA: 9-11-26

9/10/26 4:22 pm

Bery Engebretsen <beryeng...>

[ia-bird] Cattle Egrets

9/10/26 12:51 pm

[ia-bird] Black-billed Cuckoo - Johnson County

9/10/26 4:52 am

Clayton Will <willcfish...>

[ia-bird] Re: American Avocets over Saylorville

9/10/26 4:49 am

Clayton Will <willcfish...>

[ia-bird] American Avocets over Saylorville

9/9/26 12:18 pm

Andrew Meiborg <aemeiborg...>

[ia-bird] Black-throated Blue Warbler Hawkeye WMA

Tim Houghton <timdhoughton...>

[ia-bird] Discovery pond, oak grove

Ken Wiggers <ken.wiggers...>

[ia-bird] Brain aging/bird watching

9/8/26 10:06 am

Tim Houghton <timdhoughton...>

[ia-bird] Re: Question re white eyed vireo.

Tim Houghton <timdhoughton...>

[ia-bird] Question re white eyed vireo.

Karen Fieg <karenlfieg...>

[ia-bird] Banded Solitary Sandpiper

Ellen Fuller <cfuller989...>

[ia-bird] Buff-breasted Sandpiper

'RICHARD SAYLES' via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...>

[ia-bird] Highlights on the Eastern shore

9/4/26 12:21 pm

Bery Engebretsen <beryeng...>

[ia-bird] Yesterday, during a 90 minute period, 18 species were seen on, or next to, one of our Alternate-leaf Dogwoods. These are the ones easily recognized by their prolific white berries this time of year. Robins and RE Vireos were the most common, gor

John and Anna Bissell <john.annabissell...>

[ia-bird] Iowa RBA: 9-4-26

Karen Fieg <karenlfieg...>

[ia-bird] Long- billed Dowitcher

Neil Bernstein <tornataornata...>

[ia-bird] New issue of Iowa Bird Life

Clayton Will <willcfish...>

[ia-bird] Not a sighting: Ledges State Park, Boone County

9/1/26 10:02 am

Paul Roisen <roisenp1950...>

Re: [ia-bird] Silent Auction for Fall Meeting Announcement

John Cecil <jcecil01...>

Re: [ia-bird] Silent Auction for Fall Meeting Announcement

Diane Crookham-Johnson <dcj...>

Re: [ia-bird] Silent Auction for Fall Meeting Announcement

8/31/26 8:37 pm

John Cecil <jcecil01...>

[ia-bird] Silent Auction for Fall Meeting Announcement

8/31/26 2:44 pm

Kevin Murphy <kevin.murphy39...>

[ia-bird] Not a Sighting - beware of phishing emails

8/31/26 2:25 pm

Julie Johnston <gg41grand...>

[ia-bird] Julie Johnston SENT YOU AN ECARD!

8/31/26 1:25 pm

Jim Durbin <bugmugger187...>

Re: [ia-bird] ID

8/31/26 12:31 pm

'Art Check' via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...>

[ia-bird] More pics

8/31/26 12:29 pm

'Art Check' via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...>

8/30/26 6:28 pm

Paul Roisen <roisenp1950...>

Re: [ia-bird] Books

8/30/26 6:02 pm

'Art Check' via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...>

[ia-bird] Books

8/30/26 5:36 pm

Anna Buckardt <acbuckar...>

[ia-bird] Re: Fall Meeting Registration Now Open!

8/30/26 8:43 am

Karen Fieg <karenlfieg...>

[ia-bird] Shorebirds Polk County

8/29/26 8:41 pm

Michael Parker <miketparker...>

[ia-bird] Sandhill Cranes-Cone Marsh

8/29/26 5:18 pm

Linda Rudolph <lgrudolph...>

[ia-bird] Common Gallinule- Jackson County

8/28/26 7:38 am

John and Anna Bissell <john.annabissell...>

[ia-bird] Iowa RBA: 8-28-26

8/25/26 4:54 pm

Ellen Fuller <cfuller989...>

[ia-bird] Lesser Black-backed Gull

8/25/26 1:00 pm

Hannah Leabhart <heleabhart...>

[ia-bird] DeSoto NWR Brown Pelican

8/25/26 7:08 am

jimforde via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...>

[ia-bird] Eared Grebe in Cedar Rapids

8/24/26 2:23 pm

Tom Dougherty <tom.dougherty.sr...>

[ia-bird] Clark's Nutcracker departed?

8/24/26 6:53 am

jimforde via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...>

[ia-bird] Red-necked Phalaropes at HWA

8/23/26 5:07 pm

weatherbird58 <weatherbird58...>

[ia-bird] Nighthawks and Red Crossbills

8/22/26 3:26 pm

Clayton Will <willcfish...>

[ia-bird] Re: American Brown Pelican

8/22/26 12:07 pm

Clayton Will <willcfish...>

[ia-bird] American Brown Pelican

8/22/26 9:57 am

Rick Hollis <xiboia...>

[ia-bird] Backing off proposed changes to wetland easements in Upper Midwest Priaire Poothole Region

8/22/26 5:27 am

Clayton Will <willcfish...>

[ia-bird] Clark’s Nutcracker still present

8/21/26 4:18 pm

roisenp1950 <roisenp1950...>

[ia-bird] Re: Clark's Nutcracker continues mid-day

8/21/26 2:50 pm

Jacob Wiese <jwiese66...>

[ia-bird] Clark's Nutcracker

8/21/26 2:24 pm

[ia-bird] A refreshing sip

8/21/26 1:02 pm

Dana Simon <danalsimon...>

Re: [ia-bird] Clark's Nutcracker continues mid-day

8/21/26 12:55 pm

Doug & Nina Harr <dnharr...>

[ia-bird] Clark's Nutcracker continues mid-day

8/21/26 10:03 am

jimforde via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...>

[ia-bird] Avocets in Cedar Rapids

8/21/26 6:47 am

Anna Buckardt <acbuckar...>

[ia-bird] Clark's nutcracker present at 8:45am Aug 21

8/21/26 5:07 am

John and Anna Bissell <john.annabissell...>

[ia-bird] Iowa RBA: 8-21-26

8/21/26 5:00 am

Clayton Will <willcfish...>

[ia-bird] Clark’s Nutcracker continues at Ames High parking lot.

8/20/26 7:03 pm

Tyler M. Harms <tyharms...>

Re: [ia-bird] Re: Bill Scheible- not a sighting

8/20/26 5:44 pm

wybortsjr <wybortsjr...>

RE: [ia-bird] Clark’s Nutcracker still present

8/20/26 5:43 pm

John and Anna Bissell <john.annabissell...>

[ia-bird] Clark’s Nutcracker FYI

8/20/26 5:24 pm

John and Anna Bissell <john.annabissell...>

[ia-bird] Clark’s Nutcracker still present

8/20/26 3:53 pm

John Cecil <jcecil01...>

Re: [ia-bird] Clark’s Nutcracker, Ames, Story Co.

8/20/26 1:35 pm

Clayton Will <willcfish...>

[ia-bird] Clark’s Nutcracker, Ames, Story Co.

8/20/26 1:06 pm

Kevin Murphy <kevin.murphy39...>

[ia-bird] Clark’s Nutcracker in Ames

8/19/26 8:09 pm

Todd Burkhardt <todd.burkhardt.tb...>

Re: [ia-bird] Abridged summary of - 3 updates in 2 topics

8/19/26 3:14 pm

Paul Hertzel <phertzel...>

[ia-bird] Re: Bill Scheible- not a sighting

8/19/26 9:09 am

Rita Goranson <ritag...>

[ia-bird] warblers at Parker's Woods

8/19/26 7:05 am

Colleen Radebaugh <cradebaugh10...>

Re: [ia-bird] Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird in Greene Co, Aug 18

Date: 9/18/26 6:46 am From: John and Anna Bissell <john.annabissell...> Subject: [ia-bird] Iowa RBA: 9-18-26
Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, September 12, to Friday, September 18, 2026 RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required) ACCIDENTAL CLARKS NUTCRACKER Additional species mentioned Black-bellied Whistling Duck Neotropic Cormorant Ruddy Turnstone Sabines Gull Red Crossbill Pine Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler *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 <http://www.iowabirds.org> ******************* 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. Please note this is an UNOFFICIAL compilation of rare bird sightings from both eBird and the IOU listserve. Data for field reports and early/late dates should not be taken from this weekly NORTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY A CLARKS NUTCRACKER was seen at Benning Blooms Flower Farm on the 12th. HANCOCK COUNTY 2 RUDDY TURNSTONES were seen at Hawkeye Pride Compost Piles on the 14th. CERRO GORDO COUNTY A CLARKS NUTCRACKER was seen in Mason City along Grant Ave on the 16th. NORTHEAST FAYETTE COUNTY RED CROSSBILLS were seen at the UIU campus on the 13th. EAST JOHNSON COUNTY A SABINES GULL was seen at Coralville Lake on the 17th. A BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER was seen at the south arm of Lake McBride on the 16th. LINN COUNTY A PINE WARBLER was seen at Morgan Creek Park on the 15th. A PINE WARBLER was seen at Chain O Lakes WMA on the 16th. CENTRAL POLK COUNTY RED CROSSBILLS were seen at the Jester Park Discovery Pond on the 13th. A BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER was seen at Ashworth and Greenwood Park on the 14th. RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Glendale Cemetery on the 17th. BOONE COUNTY RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Ledges SP on the 12th. RED CROSSBILLS were seen at McHose Park on the 17th. DALLAS COUNTY RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Kuehn Conservation Area on the 17th. NORTHWEST BUENA VISTA COUNTY A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was seen at Storm Lake on the 15th. A RUDDY TURNSTONE was seen at Storm Lake on the 12th. A BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK was seen at Storm Lake on the 14th. A SABINES GULL was seen at Storm Lake on the 13th. RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Oak Grove and Big Sioux Park on the 12th. DICKINSON COUNTY RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Turtle Lake on the 15th. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, September 25, 2026 for the weekly report. Should any UNRECORDED or ACCIDENTAL species be reported, an update will be posted. John Bissell Grimes, Iowa <John.annabissell...> 515-423-6108 -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<CALXMzt073mZuxTLJkT1UUUgoYYL7aJ0F6pGGZrM0rfmyT83j-A...>

Date: 9/17/26 6:10 pm From: Wendy VanDeWalle <wtvandewalle...> Subject: [ia-bird] More Broad-winged Hawks for Marshall Co!
At 10 am I was about 30 minutes SW of Grammer Grove “as the crow flies”. I was at Hendrickson Marsh on the border of Story and Marshall co. I witnessed 2 large groups of at least 100 Broad-winged Hawks each get up and kettle about a mile east of my position. I assume they were coming down Clear Creek. A few stragglers continued to show up after that. I was not expecting to see that many hawks since I was not along a major river system. Pretty cool! Wendy VanDeWalle Buchanan Co -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAH1EOovj%<2BPSm1XdyZwRBjDShKsoQarx_ai0BdBK75hnvzcv9Gg...>

Date: 9/17/26 3:13 pm From: 'Diana Pesek' via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...> Subject: [ia-bird] Broad-winged bonanza at Grammer Grove hawk watch today
Mark Proescholdt and I had non-stop kettles of BROAD-WINGED HAWKS from about 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today at the Grammer Grove hawk watch in Marshall County. When I left at 2:30, the total was around 900 Broad-wingeds. Mark may have more by the end of the day. If you want to see today's final totals, or follow the hawk reports from Grammer Grove in 2026, here is the website:https://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=171 You can also use the above link to navigate to Hitchcock and other hawk watch sites. We had only a few other raptors moving, with the most notable being a PEREGRINE FALCON and a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK. Broad-wingeds were definitely the stars of the show today. Diana PesekCedar Rapids -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<1947517703.649684.1789683219893...>

Date: 9/17/26 12:03 pm From: Elliot Young <young.elliotb...> Subject: [ia-bird] Broad-Winged Hawks
Had a kettle of around 45-50 Broad-Winged Hawks fly over my property SW of gilbert (Story County) Sorry that the picture is so bad. [image: 20260916_103746.jpg] Elliot Young Story County -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<76ba2e60-f674-4262-b271-92c209c155e9n...>

Date: 9/17/26 11:13 am From: Jacob Newton <newtja84...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Nutcracker
As of 1 PM today, the bird has not been located in the area that it was previously reported from. That doesn't necessarily mean the bird, isn't there; it just is not being very charismatic if it is there. On Wed, Sep 16, 2026, 6:06 PM Rita Goranson <ritag...> wrote: > At 5:52 pm the Nutcracker was at 7th and Grant Ave, Mason City, Iowa. > > -- > Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> > To search for an unfamiliar location, go to > https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx > This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - > https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in > the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. > > IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "IA-BIRD" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/002a01dd4630%2401bd9880%240538c980%<24...> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/002a01dd4630%2401bd9880%240538c980%<24...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAO_XJFtk8E%3DyM5OXeRF9QTdA%2B3YYu-d5%<2BDj3QpJkfScRV0xRFQ...>

Date: 9/17/26 11:00 am From: Kelly Ertz <dinokelertz...> Subject: [ia-bird] Broad-winged hawks
Just had a kettle of about 15 broad-wings fly over our yard North of Burlington, Des Moines county. Dennis and Kelly Ertz Burlington Sent from my Galaxy -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<LV3PR02MB10079EC73393750A8256A1E5AABB82...>

Date: 9/17/26 9:53 am From: Rita Goranson <ritag...> Subject: [ia-bird] Nutcracker
As of 10 a.m. the Clark's Nutcracker had not been seen today. I haven't heard from others since then, so imagine it is still a no show. Rita G. -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/000a01dd46c5%2409d441f0%241d7cc5d0%<24...>

Date: 9/16/26 6:05 pm From: 'Art Check' via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...> Subject: [ia-bird] Re: Sad day window strikes
Wow Once again, sorry about voice recognition. So handy, so unpredictable. Please forgive spelling and grammatical errors in my previous post. Art Check Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 16, 2026, at 7:32 PM, Art Check <artsbirdbrain...> wrote: > > Birders > I came home to find these two dead birds near my son porch. I suspect window strikes. I believe the one on the left is a Nashville war war? The one on the right which has been heavily eaten I believe is a Philadelphia Vireo? I welcome everyone’s thoughts. > Thanks > Art Check, > Nevada > > <IMG_2622.jpeg> > > Sent from my iPhone -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<D6716FDD-99EA-4EF9-AC66-BF8CEBB0DCCD...>

Date: 9/16/26 5:32 pm From: 'Art Check' via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...> Subject: [ia-bird] Sad day window strikes
Birders I came home to find these two dead birds near my son porch. I suspect window strikes. I believe the one on the left is a Nashville war war? The one on the right which has been heavily eaten I believe is a Philadelphia Vireo? I welcome everyone’s thoughts. Thanks Art Check, Nevada -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<A79BA570-E5CC-4641-85B7-23BF492C7B49...> Sent from my iPhone -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<A79BA570-E5CC-4641-85B7-23BF492C7B49...>

Date: 9/16/26 5:20 pm From: Carson Noble <mango.tux...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Re: AI - Funny Not Funny
Yeah, that's a question I'm sure plenty of people are spending a lot of time trying to figure out, and some posts in a message board probably won't uncover what all of them have overlooked. To loop it back to a more relevant topic, though, AI language models aren't the first instance of this sort of phenomenon (nor will they be the last, I'd wager)! I'm sure most of the people reading this are familiar with Merlin's audio detection, and what impact that may have on people recording observations. Even if the end result is (often) the same, there's a strong distinction between: "I heard a call I didn't recognize and Merlin said it was [species], so I put it on my checklist" and something like: "I heard a call I didn't recognize and Merlin picked up [species] a few times, so I quietly listened to some recordings, tracked down where the calls were occurring, and between visual and audio cues can confidently say it's a [species]" I know I've been tempted towards the first option! Personally, the willpower and motivation to be diligent, omit the observation, and/or leave it as a checklist note (even if it would be a lifer) fluctuates over time, and I have to consistently stay aware that these are tools and assistants; not replacements for my own confidence/learning opportunities. That works well enough for me, and there may be other things people do that promotes their own vigilance in the face of (frankly, very technologically impressive) new tools. On Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 6:40:49 PM UTC-5 eaubrey wrote: > So, the packaging looks authentic, but the contents could be garbage. > That’s my fear, as well as my observation of how some folks use AI search > engines. How do we teach people to be vigilant? Probably not a question > for the listserv. > > > > From: <ia-......> <ia-......> On Behalf Of Carson > Noble > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2026 18:31 > To: IA-BIRD <ia-......> > > Subject: [ia-bird] Re: AI - Funny Not Funny > > > > Thanks for bringing these things up! > > While I've seen people make competent use of these tools, it's important > to acknowledge that they are first and foremost a language model - they're > really good at producing content that sounds (more or less) like the type > of stuff that fluent speakers would create, but that's only because they're > trained on a corpus that's been written by real people. This can mean > they produce statements and claims that are accurate, but it's certainly > not a guarantee. > > Vigilance is required when using AI systems because they will almost > always sound cohesive and confident, even if the content of the output is > incorrect. > > On Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 5:43:29 PM UTC-5 eaubrey wrote: > > Birders, please indulge me. I watch Bald Eagle cams on the internet and > participate in Facebook groups that monitor and comment on breeding > activities at various nests. Last February, I watched a Bald Eagle female > at a nest in Fort St. Vrain, Colorado lay her first egg of the season. The > nest has 2 live streaming cameras pointed at the nest, one of them above > the nest giving a more-or-less overhead view, the other on a limb adjacent > to the nest, giving a side view. Each cam includes a timestamp. Viewers > of Bald Eagle nests on the internet know all this. I was watching the side > cam view when the female (whom we call “Mom”) laid her egg, and I posted > the news in the Fort St. Vrain Eagles Facebook group, telling viewers which > cam I was watching, and what timestamp they could rewind to so they could > watch: > > > > "Mom has laid her first egg, 2/23/2006, at 20:03 on the side cam." > > > > Immediately, Facebook’s AI offered readers of my post a question that they > might like to ask about this, which made clear its complete > misunderstanding of my post, and included its own answer to its own > ridiculous question: > > [image: May be an image of text that says 'OMet Meta AI Why is the egg > laid on the side cam? X That's a great question! Eagles often choose > nesting sites based on safety, comfort, and visibility. In this case, the > side cam might provide a suitable spot for the eagle mom to lay her egg, > possibly due to the angle offering some protection from potential threats > or harsh weather conditions. It could also simply be a preferred spot for > her to nest. Why is the egg laid on the side cam? Ask something else... How > long will the mom ir > tt'] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Over the next half hour, Meta AI edited its answer to its idiotic > question, maybe because it got some feedback that it wasn’t quite getting > the context right (not to mention some critical thinking, perception of > grammar in my original post, and propensity to just make things up). Here > are some of its “corrected” answers to its question: > > [image: May be an image of text] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [image: No photo description available.] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Meta AI finally gave up, ending its last attempt with the observation Mom > “likely” laid her egg in the nest, not on the cam. It stopped offering the > question “Why is the egg laid on the side cam?” > > > > IMO AI is a menace. > > > > Elizabeth Aubrey > > Iowa City > > -- > > Post by sending an email to <ia-......> > To search for an unfamiliar location, go to > https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx > This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - > https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in > the birds of Iowa. 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Date: 9/16/26 4:40 pm From: <eaubrey...> Subject: RE: [ia-bird] Re: AI - Funny Not Funny
So, the packaging looks authentic, but the contents could be garbage. That’s my fear, as well as my observation of how some folks use AI search engines. How do we teach people to be vigilant? Probably not a question for the listserv. From: <ia-bird...> <ia-bird...> On Behalf Of Carson Noble Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2026 18:31 To: IA-BIRD <ia-bird...> Subject: [ia-bird] Re: AI - Funny Not Funny Thanks for bringing these things up! While I've seen people make competent use of these tools, it's important to acknowledge that they are first and foremost a language model - they're really good at producing content that sounds (more or less) like the type of stuff that fluent speakers would create, but that's only because they're trained on a corpus that's been written by real people. This can mean they produce statements and claims that are accurate, but it's certainly not a guarantee. Vigilance is required when using AI systems because they will almost always sound cohesive and confident, even if the content of the output is incorrect. On Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 5:43:29 PM UTC-5 eaubrey wrote: Birders, please indulge me. I watch Bald Eagle cams on the internet and participate in Facebook groups that monitor and comment on breeding activities at various nests. Last February, I watched a Bald Eagle female at a nest in Fort St. Vrain, Colorado lay her first egg of the season. The nest has 2 live streaming cameras pointed at the nest, one of them above the nest giving a more-or-less overhead view, the other on a limb adjacent to the nest, giving a side view. Each cam includes a timestamp. Viewers of Bald Eagle nests on the internet know all this. I was watching the side cam view when the female (whom we call “Mom”) laid her egg, and I posted the news in the Fort St. Vrain Eagles Facebook group, telling viewers which cam I was watching, and what timestamp they could rewind to so they could watch: "Mom has laid her first egg, 2/23/2006, at 20:03 on the side cam." Immediately, Facebook’s AI offered readers of my post a question that they might like to ask about this, which made clear its complete misunderstanding of my post, and included its own answer to its own ridiculous question: <https://groups.google.com/group/ia-bird/attach/1766b71d4fb3c/image008.jpg?<part...> Over the next half hour, Meta AI edited its answer to its idiotic question, maybe because it got some feedback that it wasn’t quite getting the context right (not to mention some critical thinking, perception of grammar in my original post, and propensity to just make things up). Here are some of its “corrected” answers to its question: <https://groups.google.com/group/ia-bird/attach/1766b71d4fb3c/image010.jpg?<part...> <https://groups.google.com/group/ia-bird/attach/1766b71d4fb3c/image011.jpg?<part...> <https://groups.google.com/group/ia-bird/attach/1766b71d4fb3c/image012.jpg?<part...> Meta AI finally gave up, ending its last attempt with the observation Mom “likely” laid her egg in the nest, not on the cam. It stopped offering the question “Why is the egg laid on the side cam?” IMO AI is a menace. Elizabeth Aubrey Iowa City -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> <mailto:<ia-bird...> . To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> <mailto:ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> . To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<fd534752-7182-4937-87b7-3c4a8c7ca09an...> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<fd534752-7182-4937-87b7-3c4a8c7ca09an...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/024d01dd4634%24cb1de280%246159a780%<24...>

Date: 9/16/26 4:31 pm From: Carson Noble <mango.tux...> Subject: [ia-bird] Re: AI - Funny Not Funny
Thanks for bringing these things up! While I've seen people make competent use of these tools, it's important to acknowledge that they are first and foremost a language model - they're really good at producing content that sounds (more or less) like the type of stuff that fluent speakers would create, but that's only because they're trained on a corpus that's been written by real people. This can mean they produce statements and claims that are accurate, but it's certainly not a guarantee. Vigilance is required when using AI systems because they will almost always sound cohesive and confident, even if the content of the output is incorrect. On Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 5:43:29 PM UTC-5 eaubrey wrote: > Birders, please indulge me. I watch Bald Eagle cams on the internet and > participate in Facebook groups that monitor and comment on breeding > activities at various nests. Last February, I watched a Bald Eagle female > at a nest in Fort St. Vrain, Colorado lay her first egg of the season. The > nest has 2 live streaming cameras pointed at the nest, one of them above > the nest giving a more-or-less overhead view, the other on a limb adjacent > to the nest, giving a side view. Each cam includes a timestamp. Viewers > of Bald Eagle nests on the internet know all this. I was watching the side > cam view when the female (whom we call “Mom”) laid her egg, and I posted > the news in the Fort St. Vrain Eagles Facebook group, telling viewers which > cam I was watching, and what timestamp they could rewind to so they could > watch: > > > > "Mom has laid her first egg, 2/23/2006, at 20:03 on the side cam." > > > > Immediately, Facebook’s AI offered readers of my post a question that they > might like to ask about this, which made clear its complete > misunderstanding of my post, and included its own answer to its own > ridiculous question: > > [image: May be an image of text that says 'OMet Meta AI Why is the egg > laid on the side cam? X That's a great question! Eagles often choose > nesting sites based on safety, comfort, and visibility. In this case, the > side cam might provide a suitable spot for the eagle mom to lay her egg, > possibly due to the angle offering some protection from potential threats > or harsh weather conditions. It could also simply be a preferred spot for > her to nest. Why is the egg laid on the side cam? Ask something else... How > long will the mom ir > tt'] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Over the next half hour, Meta AI edited its answer to its idiotic > question, maybe because it got some feedback that it wasn’t quite getting > the context right (not to mention some critical thinking, perception of > grammar in my original post, and propensity to just make things up). Here > are some of its “corrected” answers to its question: > > [image: May be an image of text] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [image: No photo description available.] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Meta AI finally gave up, ending its last attempt with the observation Mom > “likely” laid her egg in the nest, not on the cam. It stopped offering the > question “Why is the egg laid on the side cam?” > > > > IMO AI is a menace. > > > > Elizabeth Aubrey > > Iowa City > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<fd534752-7182-4937-87b7-3c4a8c7ca09an...>

Date: 9/16/26 4:06 pm From: Rita Goranson <ritag...> Subject: [ia-bird] Nutcracker
At 5:52 pm the Nutcracker was at 7th and Grant Ave, Mason City, Iowa. -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/002a01dd4630%2401bd9880%240538c980%<24...>

Date: 9/16/26 3:43 pm From: <eaubrey...> Subject: [ia-bird] AI - Funny Not Funny
Birders, please indulge me. I watch Bald Eagle cams on the internet and participate in Facebook groups that monitor and comment on breeding activities at various nests. Last February, I watched a Bald Eagle female at a nest in Fort St. Vrain, Colorado lay her first egg of the season. The nest has 2 live streaming cameras pointed at the nest, one of them above the nest giving a more-or-less overhead view, the other on a limb adjacent to the nest, giving a side view. Each cam includes a timestamp. Viewers of Bald Eagle nests on the internet know all this. I was watching the side cam view when the female (whom we call “Mom”) laid her egg, and I posted the news in the Fort St. Vrain Eagles Facebook group, telling viewers which cam I was watching, and what timestamp they could rewind to so they could watch: "Mom has laid her first egg, 2/23/2006, at 20:03 on the side cam." Immediately, Facebook’s AI offered readers of my post a question that they might like to ask about this, which made clear its complete misunderstanding of my post, and included its own answer to its own ridiculous question: Over the next half hour, Meta AI edited its answer to its idiotic question, maybe because it got some feedback that it wasn’t quite getting the context right (not to mention some critical thinking, perception of grammar in my original post, and propensity to just make things up). Here are some of its “corrected” answers to its question: Meta AI finally gave up, ending its last attempt with the observation Mom “likely” laid her egg in the nest, not on the cam. It stopped offering the question “Why is the egg laid on the side cam?” IMO AI is a menace. Elizabeth Aubrey Iowa City -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/022a01dd462c%24c7acd140%24570673c0%<24...>

Date: 9/16/26 2:30 pm From: Wendy VanDeWalle <wtvandewalle...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Not a sighting
Given this discussion, I wanted to share my husband’s recent experience with AI as it pertains to science and research. He is working on his latest book and was experimenting with Google AI to look up references. (He is not using it to write the book). He has double checked AI’s answers and have found some to be wrong. He “called” AI on it and I’m fascinated at the response. My husband’s comments are in green and AI’s are in red. Anyway the moral of the story is that you can’t trust AI and AI has no morals. Wow. I find it quite difficult to trust it for any scientific information now. Wendy VanDeWalle On Wed, Sep 16, 2026 at 3:01 PM Paul Hertzel <phertzel...> wrote: > Steve is right - the IOU Records Committee has almost no choice except to > consider the nutcrackers different birds, different records. It may be fun > to speculate about this, but scientifically, we have to keep an open mind > to the possibilities. So we will undoubtedly treat them as different > records, and if they are all accepted, we will let the Field Report Editors > explain their respective presences in the journal. > Paul Hertzel, Secretary > IOU Bird Records Committee > Mason CIty, IA > > > On 9/16/2026 12:34 PM, 'Dinsmore, Stephen J [NREM]' via IA-BIRD wrote: > > I have a hard time imagining that this isn’t a different Clark’s > Nutcracker from the one seen in Ames in August. I think most birders vastly > underestimate the number of unusual birds out there that are never > detected, while at the same time overestimating our ability to detect an > individual bird. Consider an example – Smith’s Longspur. Virtually all > individuals of this species are thought to pass through Iowa in spring and > fall and the world population is believed to number no more than 75,000 > individuals. What fraction of that population is seen each year in Iowa? > Maybe 1-2% in most years, not a high proportion. At its simplest this is a > probability issue. But short of marking the bird in a unique way, or noting > some plumage characteristic that is unique, we’ll never really know the > truth. The IOU Records Committee evaluates all reports of rare birds in > Iowa and is probably in the best position to determine the uniqueness of > individual records of the same species. > > > > I also fail to see the relevance or utility of using AI to address a > question it is (a) not at all equipped to answer, and (b) can never be > answered with certainty without the uniqueness I noted earlier. Another in > a growing list of examples where AI is 100% wrong… > > > > Steve > > ********** > > Stephen J. Dinsmore > > Professor and Chair > > Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management > > Director, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture > > Iowa State University > > 209 Science II > > Ames, IA 50011 > > Phone: 515-294-1348 > > E-mail: <cootjr...> > > Web: https://faculty.sites.iastate.edu/cootjr/ > > > > From: <ia-bird...> <ia-bird...> > <ia-bird...> On Behalf Of Clayton Will > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2026 10:56 PM > To: IA-BIRD <ia-bird...> <ia-bird...> > Subject: [ia-bird] Not a sighting > > > > I did an AI search on the odds of a Clark's Nutcracker seen in Ames Iowa > and Mason City Iowa a few weeks apart being the same bird. The answer was > 100% the same bird because of the rarity of this bird in Iowa. Also that > IOU would accept it was the same bird unless there were signficant physical > differences. > > > > Clayton Will > > Madrid > > -- > Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> > To search for an unfamiliar location, go to > https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx > This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - > https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in > the birds of Iowa. 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Date: 9/16/26 1:01 pm From: Paul Hertzel <phertzel...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Not a sighting
Steve is right - the IOU Records Committee has almost no choice except to consider the nutcrackers different birds, different records. It may be fun to speculate about this, but scientifically, we have to keep an open mind to the possibilities. So we will undoubtedly treat them as different records, and if they are all accepted, we will let the Field Report Editors explain their respective presences in the journal. Paul Hertzel, Secretary IOU Bird Records Committee Mason CIty, IA On 9/16/2026 12:34 PM, 'Dinsmore, Stephen J [NREM]' via IA-BIRD wrote: > > I have a hard time imagining that this isn’t a different Clark’s > Nutcracker from the one seen in Ames in August. I think most birders > vastly underestimate the number of unusual birds out there that are > never detected, while at the same time overestimating our ability to > detect an individual bird. Consider an example – Smith’s Longspur. > Virtually all individuals of this species are thought to pass through > Iowa in spring and fall and the world population is believed to number > no more than 75,000 individuals. What fraction of that population is > seen each year in Iowa? Maybe 1-2% in most years, not a high > proportion. At its simplest this is a probability issue. But short of > marking the bird in a unique way, or noting some plumage > characteristic that is unique, we’ll never really know the truth. The > IOU Records Committee evaluates all reports of rare birds in Iowa and > is probably in the best position to determine the uniqueness of > individual records of the same species. > > I also fail to see the relevance or utility of using AI to address a > question it is (a) not at all equipped to answer, and (b) can never be > answered with certainty without the uniqueness I noted earlier. > Another in a growing list of examples where AI is 100% wrong… > > Steve > > ********** > > Stephen J. Dinsmore > > Professor and Chair > > Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management > > Director, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture > > Iowa State University > > 209 Science II > > Ames, IA 50011 > > Phone: 515-294-1348 > > E-mail: <cootjr...> > > Web: https://faculty.sites.iastate.edu/cootjr/ > <https://faculty.sites.iastate.edu/cootjr/> > > From: <ia-bird...> <ia-bird...> On Behalf > Of Clayton Will > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2026 10:56 PM > To: IA-BIRD <ia-bird...> > Subject: [ia-bird] Not a sighting > > I did an AI search on the odds of a Clark's Nutcracker seen in Ames > Iowa and Mason City Iowa a few weeks apart being the same bird. The > answer was 100% the same bird because of the rarity of this bird in > Iowa. Also that IOU would accept it was the same bird unless there > were signficant physical differences. > > Clayton Will > > Madrid > > -- > Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> > To search for an unfamiliar location, go to > https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx > This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - > https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested > in the birds of Iowa. 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Date: 9/16/26 10:34 am From: 'Dinsmore, Stephen J [NREM]' via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...> Subject: RE: [ia-bird] Not a sighting
I have a hard time imagining that this isn’t a different Clark’s Nutcracker from the one seen in Ames in August. I think most birders vastly underestimate the number of unusual birds out there that are never detected, while at the same time overestimating our ability to detect an individual bird. Consider an example – Smith’s Longspur. Virtually all individuals of this species are thought to pass through Iowa in spring and fall and the world population is believed to number no more than 75,000 individuals. What fraction of that population is seen each year in Iowa? Maybe 1-2% in most years, not a high proportion. At its simplest this is a probability issue. But short of marking the bird in a unique way, or noting some plumage characteristic that is unique, we’ll never really know the truth. The IOU Records Committee evaluates all reports of rare birds in Iowa and is probably in the best position to determine the uniqueness of individual records of the same species. I also fail to see the relevance or utility of using AI to address a question it is (a) not at all equipped to answer, and (b) can never be answered with certainty without the uniqueness I noted earlier. Another in a growing list of examples where AI is 100% wrong… Steve ********** Stephen J. Dinsmore Professor and Chair Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management Director, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture Iowa State University 209 Science II Ames, IA 50011 Phone: 515-294-1348 E-mail: <cootjr...><mailto:<cootjr...> Web: https://faculty.sites.iastate.edu/cootjr/ From: <ia-bird...> <ia-bird...> On Behalf Of Clayton Will Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2026 10:56 PM To: IA-BIRD <ia-bird...> Subject: [ia-bird] Not a sighting I did an AI search on the odds of a Clark's Nutcracker seen in Ames Iowa and Mason City Iowa a few weeks apart being the same bird. The answer was 100% the same bird because of the rarity of this bird in Iowa. Also that IOU would accept it was the same bird unless there were signficant physical differences. Clayton Will Madrid -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...><mailto:<ia-bird...>. To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...><mailto:ia-bird+<unsubscribe...>. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAHX11sjHza3p%3D%<3DX8LVXZtv2MknLa6jHaASPN2npvUU6bYsGwJQ...><https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAHX11sjHza3p%3D%<3DX8LVXZtv2MknLa6jHaASPN2npvUU6bYsGwJQ...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<PH0PR04MB994605F34525396F0484E67333D0B92...>

Date: 9/16/26 8:06 am From: Rita Goranson <ritag...> Subject: [ia-bird] Clark's Nutcracker
I sat for a half hour looking for the bird to show up on Hillcrest Drive. Nothing. Went around the corner and there it was on a lawn on Grant Ave. So, it is still in the area. Rita Goranson Mason City, Iowa -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/000901dd45ec%24ffb05ed0%24ff111c70%<24...>

Date: 9/16/26 7:29 am From: Merle and Marsha Hall <mghall...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Dragonflies
Thanks, Ken! They came through Granger late afternoon of the 9th; appeared to be feasting on gnats or mosquitoes. Lots of nighthawks overhead at the same time. Merle Granger, Dallas County On 9/15/26 8:09 PM, Clayton Will wrote: > Two days ago we drove through blocks of dragonflies an hour before > sunset in Madrid. It was remarkable at ground level. I've seen > Nighthawks and Flycatchers feasting on swarms up high numerous times > as would be expected. Why they were at ground level I don't know for > sure but would suspect winds aloft or food source. > > Clayton Will > Madrid > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 7:19 PM Ken Wiggers <ken.wiggers...> wrote: > > Many birders have an interest in dragon flies. > > Several days ago I encountered a swarm of Common Green darner > dragonflies migrating. Others that I've met recently have seen > these swarms and were curious but did not realize what they were > seeing. A helpful link: > https://thedragonflywoman.com/2010/08/24/commonmigratorydragonflies/ > > Ken > * > * > "In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only > what we understand; and we will understand only what we have been > taught" ---Baba Dioum** > -- > Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> > To search for an unfamiliar location, go to > https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx > This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - > https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people > interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at > https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. > IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "IA-BIRD" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAF_wYCJr18%2BWjT7Q3OF5Ch0YqhftmKrf3BL%3D%<3DK-hCC1pWX5cJQ...> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAF_wYCJr18%2BWjT7Q3OF5Ch0YqhftmKrf3BL%3D%<3DK-hCC1pWX5cJQ...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > -- > Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> > To search for an unfamiliar location, go to > https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx > This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - > https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested > in the birds of Iowa. Join today at > https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. > IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "IA-BIRD" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAHX11shYPb%3Drn0EETZ0pcnXCo5OKbcJ7hD4MC7e%<3D9x_CNebxeQ...> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAHX11shYPb%3Drn0EETZ0pcnXCo5OKbcJ7hD4MC7e%<3D9x_CNebxeQ...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<bbf7252b-0ffd-466b-be92-019fd49ef521...>

Date: 9/15/26 8:56 pm From: Clayton Will <willcfish...> Subject: [ia-bird] Not a sighting
I did an AI search on the odds of a Clark's Nutcracker seen in Ames Iowa and Mason City Iowa a few weeks apart being the same bird. The answer was 100% the same bird because of the rarity of this bird in Iowa. Also that IOU would accept it was the same bird unless there were signficant physical differences. Clayton Will Madrid -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAHX11sjHza3p%3D%<3DX8LVXZtv2MknLa6jHaASPN2npvUU6bYsGwJQ...>

Date: 9/15/26 6:09 pm From: Clayton Will <willcfish...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Dragonflies
Two days ago we drove through blocks of dragonflies an hour before sunset in Madrid. It was remarkable at ground level. I've seen Nighthawks and Flycatchers feasting on swarms up high numerous times as would be expected. Why they were at ground level I don't know for sure but would suspect winds aloft or food source. Clayton Will Madrid On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 7:19 PM Ken Wiggers <ken.wiggers...> wrote: > Many birders have an interest in dragon flies. > > Several days ago I encountered a swarm of Common Green darner > dragonflies migrating. Others that I've met recently have seen these swarms > and were curious but did not realize what they were seeing. A helpful link: > https://thedragonflywoman.com/2010/08/24/commonmigratorydragonflies/ > > Ken > > "In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we > understand; and we will understand only what we have been taught" ---Baba > Dioum > > -- > Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> > To search for an unfamiliar location, go to > https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx > This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - > https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in > the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. > > IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "IA-BIRD" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAF_wYCJr18%2BWjT7Q3OF5Ch0YqhftmKrf3BL%3D%<3DK-hCC1pWX5cJQ...> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAF_wYCJr18%2BWjT7Q3OF5Ch0YqhftmKrf3BL%3D%<3DK-hCC1pWX5cJQ...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAHX11shYPb%3Drn0EETZ0pcnXCo5OKbcJ7hD4MC7e%<3D9x_CNebxeQ...>

Date: 9/15/26 5:19 pm From: Ken Wiggers <ken.wiggers...> Subject: [ia-bird] Dragonflies
Many birders have an interest in dragon flies. Several days ago I encountered a swarm of Common Green darner dragonflies migrating. Others that I've met recently have seen these swarms and were curious but did not realize what they were seeing. A helpful link: https://thedragonflywoman.com/2010/08/24/commonmigratorydragonflies/ Ken "In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we have been taught" ---Baba Dioum -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAF_wYCJr18%2BWjT7Q3OF5Ch0YqhftmKrf3BL%3D%<3DK-hCC1pWX5cJQ...>

Date: 9/15/26 8:00 am From: jimforde via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...> Subject: [ia-bird] Sabine's Gull at Lake Macbride
Juvenile continues, flying upper south arm. Jim Forde -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/QD6H5V0IBUU4.TXT4RGSEOY8V1%40luweb03oc.

Date: 9/15/26 4:33 am From: Clayton Will <willcfish...> Subject: [ia-bird] Re: 2 Greater Black-backed Gulls at Oak Grove this morning.
Thank you to all who helped come to a decision on the ID of these two Lesser Black-backed gulls. I appreciate all your input. Without clear view of the legs I'm told the red/orange on the Lesser's bill is blobby compared to the more defined on the Great Black-backed Gull. Good birding, Clayton On Mon, Sep 14, 2026 at 9:44 AM Clayton Will <willcfish...> wrote: > There were 2 Greater Black-backed Gulls at Oak Grove swim beach this > morning. Saylorville Lake, Polk County. They were only here for a short > time and flew out onto the lake. I hope they stay around for a while. > > Clayton Will > Madrid > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<CAHX11sj3omaeTeYaidr0MuPyfC3gOGfhTTMFbRg2HMX5mQ-GiA...>

Date: 9/14/26 7:48 am From: Clayton Will <willcfish...> Subject: [ia-bird] Re: 2 Greater Black-backed Gulls at Oak Grove this morning.
On Mon, Sep 14, 2026 at 9:44 AM Clayton Will <willcfish...> wrote: > There were 2 Greater Black-backed Gulls at Oak Grove swim beach this > morning. Saylorville Lake, Polk County. They were only here for a short > time and flew out onto the lake. I hope they stay around for a while. > > Clayton Will > Madrid > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<CAHX11siHOx3NLkv0mNe_5VSMQ5d4Ct5ShRsgv1Xe7N5rD1W7yw...>

Date: 9/14/26 7:45 am From: Clayton Will <willcfish...> Subject: [ia-bird] 2 Greater Black-backed Gulls at Oak Grove this morning.
There were 2 Greater Black-backed Gulls at Oak Grove swim beach this morning. Saylorville Lake, Polk County. They were only here for a short time and flew out onto the lake. I hope they stay around for a while. Clayton Will Madrid -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAHX11shTQORYacXuCyvzoVif42PPZXG1oZgHjGRYNO1VJ%3DbC%<2BA...>

Date: 9/13/26 6:03 pm From: Colleen <cradebaugh10...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Birdiful day in/near Ledges State Park

Date: 9/13/26 5:29 pm From: weatherbird58 <weatherbird58...> Subject: [ia-bird] Birdiful day in/near Ledges State Park
With cool temperatures and intermittent rain showers, the warbler and vireo watching was quite good in the Ledges State Park canyon during the morning hours. After patiently waiting, I think our group saw 9 warbler species, including nice, close, low-level looks at Black-throated Green, Bay-breasted, Golden-winged and Black and White Warblers. As the IOU field trip group was leaving after a yard tour, a flock of Red Crossbills made a nice appearance, landing in the neighbor's trees. Warblers and vireos continued to filter through my yard adjacent to the park well into the afternoon. Around 2 pm, I wandered out to the back yard garden to pick tomatoes to find the garden and surrounding trees buzzing with warblers at all levels. These included 6-8 Nashville Warblers, several Tennessee Warblers, plus a Golden-winged, Bay-breasted and Cape May Warbler. The best warbler activity in my yard in years! Just before 7 pm, a large group of Common Nighthawks appeared and disappeared quickly, followed by another 16 a few minutes later. Karl Jungbluth, 2 miles south of Boone -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<e1cab180-1260-4b89-aebf-a2b04f0b1c49n...>

Date: 9/13/26 7:05 am From: jimforde via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...> Subject: [ia-bird] Sabines Gull at Coralville Lake
Juvenile floating off ramp area at Scales Pointe. Jim Forde, Cedar Rapids -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/VZ0HH0KVAUU4.H8E41NMNJNMU2%40luweb01oc.

Date: 9/12/26 11:50 am From: Dan Cohen <dwcohen81...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Common Tern oak grove : gone
FYI… If anyone received an email from me with an eCard, do not open. Apparently, I have been hacked… Dan Cohen Nature Communications https://dwcohen81.substack.com/ Member, Outdoor Writers Association of America 1875 Otterville Blvd. Independence, Iowa 50644 319-238-1638 He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. Albert Einstein > On Sep 12, 2026, at 10:09 AM, Wendy VanDeWalle <wtvandewalle...> wrote: > > And the Common Tern was chased off by someone with a remote car. > > Wendy V > > -- > Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> > To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx > This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. > IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> <mailto:ia-bird+<unsubscribe...>. > To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAH1EOou9_Rp5%<3DdRj_E2-08NRiVqgzcoR7_yajGZMCqBCf2Uzjg...> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAH1EOou9_Rp5%<3DdRj_E2-08NRiVqgzcoR7_yajGZMCqBCf2Uzjg...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<7758E9F7-695E-4F39-A683-21502955C69E...>

Date: 9/12/26 10:09 am From: Dan Cohen <dwcohen81...> Subject: [ia-bird] Dan Cohen SENT YOU AN ECARD!
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Date: 9/12/26 8:09 am From: Wendy VanDeWalle <wtvandewalle...> Subject: [ia-bird] Common Tern oak grove : gone
And the Common Tern was chased off by someone with a remote car. Wendy V -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAH1EOou9_Rp5%<3DdRj_E2-08NRiVqgzcoR7_yajGZMCqBCf2Uzjg...>

Date: 9/12/26 8:02 am From: Wendy VanDeWalle <wtvandewalle...> Subject: [ia-bird] Common Tern Oak Grove beach
Common Tern found by the Saylorville field trip at Oak Grove beach. North side roosting with the gulls. Wendy VanDeWalle -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAH1EOosw8cM8m8%<2B7XtQg4PaLbhFj-6bJbg0AXB97ABCECApxnw...>

Date: 9/11/26 7:59 am From: John and Anna Bissell <john.annabissell...> Subject: [ia-bird] Iowa RBA: 9-11-26
Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, September 5, to Friday, September 11, 2026 RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required) ACCIDENTAL BROWN PELICAN Additional species mentioned Black-bellied Whistling Duck Glossy/White-faced Ibis Neotropic Cormorant Marbled Godwit Western Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Sabines Gull Laughing Gull Jaeger sp. Mississippi Kite Pine Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Red Crossbill *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 <http://www.iowabirds.org> ******************* 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. Please note this is an UNOFFICIAL compilation of rare bird sightings from both eBird and the IOU listserve. Data for field reports and early/late dates should not be taken from this weekly NORTHEAST BLACK HAWK COUNTY A WESTERN SANDPIPER was seen at the Casey’s Wetland on the 5th. CLAYTON COUNTY RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Pikes Peak SP on the 6th. WINNESHIEK COUNTY RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Ice Cave Hill Park on the 7th. EAST JOHNSON COUNTY A MARBLED GODWIT was seen at the Headquarters area of Hawkeye WA on the 6th. A BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER was seen at the intersection of Swan Lake Rd and James Ave about 50 yards from the parking area on the 9th. CENTRAL POLK COUNTY RED CROSSBILLS were seen at the Jester Park Discovery Pond on the 9th. RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Glendale Cemetery on the 7th. RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Ashworth and Greenwood Park on the 7th. 4 RUDDY TURNSTONES were seen at Big Creek Spillway on the 7th. A JAEGER SP was seen at Saylorville on the 9th. BOONE COUNTY RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Ledges SP on the 5th. TAMA COUNTY A GLOSSY/WHITE-FACED IBIS was seen at Chelsea Marsh on the 8th. MARSHALL COUNTY A PINE WARBLER was seen at Grammar Grove WA on the 9th. SOUTH CENTRAL MARION COUNTY A SABINES GULL was seen at Red Rock on the 5th. WEST HARRISON COUNTY A BROWN PELICAN was seen at Desoto NWR on the 5th. 15 MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen at Desoto NWR on the 9th. POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY 3 MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen at Hitchcock NA on the 7th. A RED CROSSBILL was seen at Hitchcock NA on the 9th. NORTHWEST BUENA VISTA COUNTY A LAUGHING GULL was seen at Storm Lake on the 5th. A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was seen at Storm Lake on the 7th. A SABINES GULL was seen at Storm Lake on the 9th. A BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK was seen at Storm Lake on the 10th. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, September 18, 2026 for the weekly report. Should any UNRECORDED or ACCIDENTAL species be reported, an update will be posted. John Bissell Grimes, Iowa <John.annabissell...> 515-423-6108 -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CALXMzt0yfDfYDAsT7KHhNQ6K44M%<3Do8HTbQsAAUMXpN5XtZw1rg...>

Date: 9/10/26 4:22 pm From: Bery Engebretsen <beryeng...> Subject: [ia-bird] Cattle Egrets
Three Cattle Egrets were in a tempory wetland north of the usual Apple complex wetlands on S Ave, West of Waukee in Dallas County. -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CA%2Bc2Ch-fgLsuCWBJ5uM4DCbng2OO77E2G8TNRpHH%<3DG3UhY08RA...>

Date: 9/10/26 12:51 pm From: <eaubrey...> Subject: [ia-bird] Black-billed Cuckoo - Johnson County
Birders, this morning in Hickory Hill Park in Iowa City I had a long look at what I believe was a Black-Billed Cuckoo (a lifer for me), perhaps a juvenile because it didn't appear to have a red eyering. Its bill was dark, and the throat seemed buffy. Chris Edwards and James Huntington saw it too, and we had some discussion about whether it might have been a juvenile Yellow-Billed. I got some shots on my phone, and I think they show small white tips on the 2 outer tail feathers, which says Black-Billed to me. We never got a very good look at its tail. Photos attached. I welcome comments. Elizabeth Aubrey -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/015a01dd415d%24b8841210%24298c3630%<24...>

Date: 9/10/26 4:52 am From: Clayton Will <willcfish...> Subject: [ia-bird] Re: American Avocets over Saylorville
[image: crop IBL Oak Grove 70 Avocets 116.jpg] On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 6:48 AM Clayton Will <willcfish...> wrote: > Yesterday morning while watching for birds at Oak Grove beach I was > treated to a fly by of 15 American Avocets. I went back a couple hours > later and a flock of 76 American Avocets flew up lake toward the marina and > back toward the dam. > The adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was there for about ten minutes along > with 15 Caspian Terns and two Sanderlings. > > Clayton Will > [image: text 76 American Avocet Oak Grove 70 Avocets 119.jpg] > Madrid > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAHX11sivH%2BSqfr9pLWDPwakiaJ8%<3DDU5f-rH0NzOd3Qf9Xb0tnA...>

Date: 9/10/26 4:49 am From: Clayton Will <willcfish...> Subject: [ia-bird] American Avocets over Saylorville
Yesterday morning while watching for birds at Oak Grove beach I was treated to a fly by of 15 American Avocets. I went back a couple hours later and a flock of 76 American Avocets flew up lake toward the marina and back toward the dam. The adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was there for about ten minutes along with 15 Caspian Terns and two Sanderlings. Clayton Will [image: text 76 American Avocet Oak Grove 70 Avocets 119.jpg] Madrid -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAHX11sjMSKnMB2B%2BU%2BCY%<2BzUTKw2MeC_ZfgJLVJdVtMHC4nBGkA...>

Date: 9/9/26 12:18 pm From: Andrew Meiborg <aemeiborg...> Subject: [ia-bird] Black-throated Blue Warbler Hawkeye WMA
Adult male In the cedars west of the intersection of Swan Lake Rd and James Ave. About 50 yards in from the parking area. (41.7760702, -91.6582888) -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CABCRv1az5zKKA8bXvZR5MXm76TFnYn%<3DSKVvY3wbiAMR1b3CTSw...>

Date: 9/9/26 4:36 am From: Tim Houghton <timdhoughton...> Subject: [ia-bird] Discovery pond, oak grove
The Red Crossbills were active yesterday in the Discovery Pond (Jester) area, especially at Wetland Shelter. Passerines as well. Activity decent, too, here and there at Oak Grove Rec. Tim Houghton -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CA%2B-gPoprrcjd4c_NWZPsrJgrd9K2mww%<3DQYS-vStZoYq-NSAMMw...>

Date: 9/9/26 3:07 am From: Ken Wiggers <ken.wiggers...> Subject: [ia-bird] Brain aging/bird watching
Neal Shah: Reversing brain aging by bird watching. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1069939799288217 Ken "In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we have been taught" ---Baba Dioum -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAF_wYC%2BC8_mmPxg4G1gDmjv9iLEX4dt29v%2BhRKkFte4A5%<3D1Gsg...>

Date: 9/8/26 10:06 am From: Tim Houghton <timdhoughton...> Subject: [ia-bird] Re: Question re white eyed vireo.
Nvm, just heard it. Very cool . Tim On Tue, Sep 8, 2026, 11:53 AM Tim Houghton <timdhoughton...> wrote: > I am hoping that perhaps someone could tell me where, approximately, the > white eyed vireo has been heard along the entrance road to Oak Grove. > > Thanks, Tim > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CA%2B-gPoqQWniTTncEKpP94TUTiZrw3ye%3DOFSyQ3_MnEa996Cn%<3Dg...>

Date: 9/8/26 9:53 am From: Tim Houghton <timdhoughton...> Subject: [ia-bird] Question re white eyed vireo.
I am hoping that perhaps someone could tell me where, approximately, the white eyed vireo has been heard along the entrance road to Oak Grove. Thanks, Tim -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CA%2B-gPop%<3Dq2ePxudnJfpBSEqgo4aGGiqnX_n75cc52SNegiwMeA...>

Date: 9/5/26 1:25 pm From: Karen Fieg <karenlfieg...> Subject: [ia-bird] Banded Solitary Sandpiper
This morning, along NW 30th Ave East of Polk City, I found a banded Solitary Sandpiper. Along NW 134th St. I also had three Soras, two Wilson's Snipes and other usuals. Karen Fieg Grimes -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CACEkSvS%2BJYVVT%3DvedNAezXYP4DifG--YZBQd8HxOAna%<2B9BAgTA...>

Date: 9/5/26 9:53 am From: Ellen Fuller <cfuller989...> Subject: [ia-bird] Buff-breasted Sandpiper
seen this weekend Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Big Ditch bridge alone 40th ave. in Des Moines Cty. seen FrIday AM. 20-30 Am. Avocets at Casey Barrow Landing look at the north end sandbar---seen Friday but gone on Saturday. 1 Upland Sandpiper and 1 Am Golden Plover in basic plumage in a meadow along Eagle Ave (becomes 40th Ave.) Upland Sanddpiper and Plover seen on Saturday All sightings in Des Moines Cty. Chuck Fuller Burlington <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free.www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CADNk8farwds_AJUikjw605dN-kGzu4HVGEZXt8tdKX%<2Bn4W3Qkg...>

Date: 9/5/26 6:56 am From: 'RICHARD SAYLES' via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...> Subject: [ia-bird] Highlights on the Eastern shore
Morning before oatmeal. Black Billed Cuckoo and Orchard Oriole. Lots of Oriole’s and Hummingbirds last couple of weeks. Dick and Kit Sayles Buffalo Iowa Sent from my iPhone -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<69EAD3D1-C408-4326-B337-B71118CCC7AF...>

Date: 9/4/26 12:21 pm From: Bery Engebretsen <beryeng...> Subject: [ia-bird] Yesterday, during a 90 minute period, 18 species were seen on, or next to, one of our Alternate-leaf Dogwoods. These are the ones easily recognized by their prolific white berries this time of year. Robins and RE Vireos were the most common, gor
On Wed, Sep 2, 2026, 10:18 AM Neil Bernstein <tornataornata...> wrote: > The September issue of Iowa Bird Life is now available on the IOU website. > Paper copies will be mailed in the next few weeks. As promised, this issue > is full of shorebird information, including advice for bird photographers. > There is interesting information about Field Records and the Christmas Bird > Count also, and we have several good book reviews and a lyrical poem. > > -- > Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> > To search for an unfamiliar location, go to > https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx > This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - > https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in > the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. > > IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "IA-BIRD" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<5e00d0ff-7f2e-4666-b7a0-f09eeb97d3f2n...> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<5e00d0ff-7f2e-4666-b7a0-f09eeb97d3f2n...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CA%<2Bc2Ch97q1uJe-QqfYV3byMrWLvDptz2ZOVsHqufcLOmSOmmpA...>

Date: 9/4/26 6:31 am From: John and Anna Bissell <john.annabissell...> Subject: [ia-bird] Iowa RBA: 9-4-26
Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, August 29, to Friday, September 4, 2026 RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required) ACCIDENTAL BROWN PELICAN Additional species mentioned White-winged Dove Neotropic Cormorant Laughing Gull Sabines Gull Western Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Mississippi Kite Black-throated Blue Warbler Pine Warbler Red Crossbill *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 <http://www.iowabirds.org> ******************* 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. Please note this is an UNOFFICIAL compilation of rare bird sightings from both eBird and the IOU listserve. Data for field reports and early/late dates should not be taken from this weekly NORTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Beeds Lake on the 29th. A BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER was seen at Beeds Lake on the 29th. WRIGHT COUNTY A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was seen at Big Wall Lake WMA on the 2nd. NORTHEAST FAYETTE COUNTY RED CROSSBILLS were seen on the UIU campus on the 29th. BLACK HAWK COUNTY A PINE WARBLER was seen at George Wyth SP on the 31st. A WESTERN SANDPIPER was seen at the Ranchero Rd and Highway 63 floodplain on the 2nd. RED CROSSBILLS were seen at San Souci Island on the 2nd. DUBUQUE COUNTY A RUDDY TURNSTONE was seen at Mud Lake County Park on the 3rd. EAST BUCHANAN COUNTY RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Guy Grover Timber and Tree Plantings on the 29th. DELAWARE COUNTY RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Backbone SP on the 3rd. LINN COUNTY RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Pinicon Ridge County Park on the 30th. SCOTT COUNTY A BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER was seen at Princeton WMA on the 2nd. JONES COUNTY RED CROSSBILLS were seen At Wapsipinicon SP on the 3rd. CENTRAL POLK COUNTY A PINE WARBLER was seen at Thomas Mitchell Park on the 30th. A MISSISSIPPI KITE was seen at Hawkeye Park on the 2nd. RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Ashworth and Greenwood Park on the 2nd. A MISSISSIPPI KITE was seen at Saylorville on the 3rd. STORY COUNTY RED CROSSBILLS were seen over the ISU campus on the 3rd. WEST HARRISON COUNTY A BROWN PELICAN was seen at the Desoto NWR visitor center on the 1st. NORTHWEST SIOUX COUNTY RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Dordt Prairie on the 29th. BUENA VISTA COUNTY A SABINES GULL was seen at Storm Lake on the 3rd. A LAUGHING GULL was seen at Storm Lake on the 3rd. A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was seen at Storm Lake on the 1st. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, September 11, 2026 for the weekly report. Should any UNRECORDED or ACCIDENTAL species be reported, an update will be posted. John Bissell Grimes, Iowa <John.annabissell...> 515-423-6108 -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CALXMzt3%2B25frQyn4pfZrNJ%2BaKc8GC2tensPKRNuPGL%<2BvjcqkBA...>

Date: 9/2/26 1:31 pm From: Karen Fieg <karenlfieg...> Subject: [ia-bird] Long- billed Dowitcher
With "What's This Bird?" FB page help, I saw a juvenile Long-billed Dowitcher on NW 30th Ave South of NW 134th St in Polk County this morning. (East of Polk City). Lots of continuing Pectoral, Lesser Yellowlegs, Killdeer. -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<CACEkSvTP7NEBQ_eB0NKj0ywvwM_yEpNWWLZWjTWsP_Vp9eM_PA...>

Date: 9/2/26 8:19 am From: Neil Bernstein <tornataornata...> Subject: [ia-bird] New issue of Iowa Bird Life
The September issue of Iowa Bird Life is now available on the IOU website. Paper copies will be mailed in the next few weeks. As promised, this issue is full of shorebird information, including advice for bird photographers. There is interesting information about Field Records and the Christmas Bird Count also, and we have several good book reviews and a lyrical poem. -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<5e00d0ff-7f2e-4666-b7a0-f09eeb97d3f2n...>

Date: 9/2/26 7:26 am From: Clayton Will <willcfish...> Subject: [ia-bird] Not a sighting: Ledges State Park, Boone County
Ledges State Park in Boone County is open including the canyon as planned for September 1. The road resurfacing was very well done. This morning was the first time I've driven through the canyon and not seen another vehicle. Lower Ledges road is the highway 17 detour for a few days during the Farm Progress Show. Clayton Will Madrid -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAHX11sj85CwC3%<3DOOwKV8Aw1btvLTjXwLJe0LyPwy-XU8zEFbfQ...>

Date: 9/1/26 10:02 am From: Paul Roisen <roisenp1950...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Silent Auction for Fall Meeting Announcement
John, I am so very pleased that you have volunteered to do this once again. It is a great way to share this books rather than letting them go to waste to be discarded when we pass away or no longer wish them around. They often end up in the dump which is a real shame and not particularly helpful to our environment. God Bless. Paul O. Roisen Sioux City, IA 51106 Woodbury County, IA Mobile 712-301-2817 <roisenp1950...> <roisenp1950...> On Tue, Sep 1, 2026 at 7:11 AM John Cecil <jcecil01...> wrote: > Great Question Diane, > > Cash, check or PayPal will be accepted forms of payment. > > John Cecil > > > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2026, 6:06 AM Diane Crookham-Johnson <dcj...> > wrote: > >> John, >> Do you know what our options will be for making payment for auction items? >> >> Thanks, >> Diane >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 10:37 PM John Cecil <jcecil01...> wrote: >> >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> Ann Johnson had reached out to me before her passing wishing to donate a >>> large collection of bird figurines she had accumulated over the years for >>> auction at a future IOU meeting. Her family has passed these items on to me >>> as per her wishes. There are too many to put into one auction so I will >>> host another silent auction at another future meeting as well. >>> >>> My father and I have hosted silent auctions of donated books and other >>> birding memorabilia at our meetings in years past. So AJ she had asked me >>> to take this on and I of course was happy to do so. I am going to open the >>> auction up for additional donations from members as well. The money >>> collected will go to support our publications costs for the Iowa Bird Life. >>> >>> I know that the silent auction was something people enjoyed in past >>> meetings so it was with some reservation I stopped doing it. One of the >>> reasons was that I ended up with carloads of leftover books to haul back >>> and forth between meetings. >>> >>> I am excited to be offering this again for the meeting. You are welcome >>> to bring some nature and ecology related items to donate. However, I would >>> ask a few things. >>> >>> - Please do not bring magazine collections. They will not sell and will >>> end up being leftover trash to be dealt with. >>> - If your books or items do not sell, please be willing to take them >>> back with you. >>> - Please bring books that you think will sell and people will have some >>> interest in. (In years past we would haul around hundreds of books that >>> would not sell for 3-4 meetings. I want to avoid this if possible) >>> - Local birding pamphlets and old checklists just end up taking up >>> space. Please leave them home >>> - Old cassette tapes, vinyl records and VHS videos will end up being >>> trash. no one buys them. >>> - Binoculars, birding gear, and other non-literature items are welcome. >>> Just please don't bring any figurines this time as we will have a lot of >>> them already. >>> -If you have a large collection of books you want to unload at the >>> auction I kindly ask that you dont bring them all and select a number of >>> books to bring. I don't have the space in my home to store them until the >>> next meeting. >>> >>> The auction will be set up over the lunch hour on Saturday and will be >>> completed at an announced time following the banquet dinner and >>> presentation. >>> >>> I look forward to seeing all of you in a couple of weekends. >>> >>> John Cecil >>> IOU Treasurer >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> >>> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to >>> https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx >>> This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - >>> https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested >>> in the birds of Iowa. 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Date: 9/1/26 5:11 am From: John Cecil <jcecil01...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Silent Auction for Fall Meeting Announcement
Great Question Diane, Cash, check or PayPal will be accepted forms of payment. John Cecil On Tue, Sep 1, 2026, 6:06 AM Diane Crookham-Johnson <dcj...> wrote: > John, > Do you know what our options will be for making payment for auction items? > > Thanks, > Diane > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 10:37 PM John Cecil <jcecil01...> wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> Ann Johnson had reached out to me before her passing wishing to donate a >> large collection of bird figurines she had accumulated over the years for >> auction at a future IOU meeting. Her family has passed these items on to me >> as per her wishes. There are too many to put into one auction so I will >> host another silent auction at another future meeting as well. >> >> My father and I have hosted silent auctions of donated books and other >> birding memorabilia at our meetings in years past. So AJ she had asked me >> to take this on and I of course was happy to do so. I am going to open the >> auction up for additional donations from members as well. The money >> collected will go to support our publications costs for the Iowa Bird Life. >> >> I know that the silent auction was something people enjoyed in past >> meetings so it was with some reservation I stopped doing it. One of the >> reasons was that I ended up with carloads of leftover books to haul back >> and forth between meetings. >> >> I am excited to be offering this again for the meeting. You are welcome >> to bring some nature and ecology related items to donate. However, I would >> ask a few things. >> >> - Please do not bring magazine collections. They will not sell and will >> end up being leftover trash to be dealt with. >> - If your books or items do not sell, please be willing to take them back >> with you. >> - Please bring books that you think will sell and people will have some >> interest in. (In years past we would haul around hundreds of books that >> would not sell for 3-4 meetings. I want to avoid this if possible) >> - Local birding pamphlets and old checklists just end up taking up space. >> Please leave them home >> - Old cassette tapes, vinyl records and VHS videos will end up being >> trash. no one buys them. >> - Binoculars, birding gear, and other non-literature items are welcome. >> Just please don't bring any figurines this time as we will have a lot of >> them already. >> -If you have a large collection of books you want to unload at the >> auction I kindly ask that you dont bring them all and select a number of >> books to bring. I don't have the space in my home to store them until the >> next meeting. >> >> The auction will be set up over the lunch hour on Saturday and will be >> completed at an announced time following the banquet dinner and >> presentation. >> >> I look forward to seeing all of you in a couple of weekends. >> >> John Cecil >> IOU Treasurer >> >> >> -- >> Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> >> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to >> https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx >> This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - >> https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested >> in the birds of Iowa. Join today at >> https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. >> IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "IA-BIRD" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAF5S%<3Dz-6FZPhg7Rz2gMdNqemzHxSom7d3QK5kgWnQou1tPJLvw...> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAF5S%<3Dz-6FZPhg7Rz2gMdNqemzHxSom7d3QK5kgWnQou1tPJLvw...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAF5S%3Dz8dRwrJg8gxjsU4%2B3PaFV4a-iWdCibhHkgUFXr3V%<3Ds6mA...>

Date: 9/1/26 4:06 am From: Diane Crookham-Johnson <dcj...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Silent Auction for Fall Meeting Announcement
John, Do you know what our options will be for making payment for auction items? Thanks, Diane On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 10:37 PM John Cecil <jcecil01...> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Ann Johnson had reached out to me before her passing wishing to donate a > large collection of bird figurines she had accumulated over the years for > auction at a future IOU meeting. Her family has passed these items on to me > as per her wishes. There are too many to put into one auction so I will > host another silent auction at another future meeting as well. > > My father and I have hosted silent auctions of donated books and other > birding memorabilia at our meetings in years past. So AJ she had asked me > to take this on and I of course was happy to do so. I am going to open the > auction up for additional donations from members as well. The money > collected will go to support our publications costs for the Iowa Bird Life. > > I know that the silent auction was something people enjoyed in past > meetings so it was with some reservation I stopped doing it. One of the > reasons was that I ended up with carloads of leftover books to haul back > and forth between meetings. > > I am excited to be offering this again for the meeting. You are welcome to > bring some nature and ecology related items to donate. However, I would ask > a few things. > > - Please do not bring magazine collections. They will not sell and will > end up being leftover trash to be dealt with. > - If your books or items do not sell, please be willing to take them back > with you. > - Please bring books that you think will sell and people will have some > interest in. (In years past we would haul around hundreds of books that > would not sell for 3-4 meetings. I want to avoid this if possible) > - Local birding pamphlets and old checklists just end up taking up space. > Please leave them home > - Old cassette tapes, vinyl records and VHS videos will end up being > trash. no one buys them. > - Binoculars, birding gear, and other non-literature items are welcome. > Just please don't bring any figurines this time as we will have a lot of > them already. > -If you have a large collection of books you want to unload at the auction > I kindly ask that you dont bring them all and select a number of books to > bring. I don't have the space in my home to store them until the next > meeting. > > The auction will be set up over the lunch hour on Saturday and will be > completed at an announced time following the banquet dinner and > presentation. > > I look forward to seeing all of you in a couple of weekends. > > John Cecil > IOU Treasurer > > > -- > Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> > To search for an unfamiliar location, go to > https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx > This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - > https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in > the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. > > IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "IA-BIRD" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAF5S%<3Dz-6FZPhg7Rz2gMdNqemzHxSom7d3QK5kgWnQou1tPJLvw...> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAF5S%<3Dz-6FZPhg7Rz2gMdNqemzHxSom7d3QK5kgWnQou1tPJLvw...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAEF%<3DoWGoDsD06H3eqe1ZWKPEUbxRKrbu5r8oWtCp7GAmx_XSiA...>

Date: 8/31/26 8:37 pm From: John Cecil <jcecil01...> Subject: [ia-bird] Silent Auction for Fall Meeting Announcement
Hello everyone, Ann Johnson had reached out to me before her passing wishing to donate a large collection of bird figurines she had accumulated over the years for auction at a future IOU meeting. Her family has passed these items on to me as per her wishes. There are too many to put into one auction so I will host another silent auction at another future meeting as well. My father and I have hosted silent auctions of donated books and other birding memorabilia at our meetings in years past. So AJ she had asked me to take this on and I of course was happy to do so. I am going to open the auction up for additional donations from members as well. The money collected will go to support our publications costs for the Iowa Bird Life. I know that the silent auction was something people enjoyed in past meetings so it was with some reservation I stopped doing it. One of the reasons was that I ended up with carloads of leftover books to haul back and forth between meetings. I am excited to be offering this again for the meeting. You are welcome to bring some nature and ecology related items to donate. However, I would ask a few things. - Please do not bring magazine collections. They will not sell and will end up being leftover trash to be dealt with. - If your books or items do not sell, please be willing to take them back with you. - Please bring books that you think will sell and people will have some interest in. (In years past we would haul around hundreds of books that would not sell for 3-4 meetings. I want to avoid this if possible) - Local birding pamphlets and old checklists just end up taking up space. Please leave them home - Old cassette tapes, vinyl records and VHS videos will end up being trash. no one buys them. - Binoculars, birding gear, and other non-literature items are welcome. Just please don't bring any figurines this time as we will have a lot of them already. -If you have a large collection of books you want to unload at the auction I kindly ask that you dont bring them all and select a number of books to bring. I don't have the space in my home to store them until the next meeting. The auction will be set up over the lunch hour on Saturday and will be completed at an announced time following the banquet dinner and presentation. I look forward to seeing all of you in a couple of weekends. John Cecil IOU Treasurer -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAF5S%<3Dz-6FZPhg7Rz2gMdNqemzHxSom7d3QK5kgWnQou1tPJLvw...>

Date: 8/31/26 2:44 pm From: Kevin Murphy <kevin.murphy39...> Subject: [ia-bird] Not a Sighting - beware of phishing emails
IA-bird members, There has been a recent increase in phishing email attacks particularly from a source purported to be from Blue Mountain E-cards. I would strongly advise against clicking any links or content in these messages even though they may come from a trusted sender you recognize from the listserv. The listserv admins are able to stop many messages like this from ever reaching the group via the built in moderation tools of the listserv, but as our group is open to the public it's inevitable that one or two may occasionally slip through. There are lots of resources online if you would like to read more about how to recognize and protect yourself from phishing attacks, I will not be including a clickable link to any but a quick Google search shows many good resources at the top of the search results. One last housekeeping item, if the email you use to interact with the listserv gets compromised or "hacked" often the quickest way to stop any continued unwanted email traffic on the listserv is to temporarily pause that user's ability to send emails to the group. Once you have changed your passwords/re-secured your email account it's easy to turn that back on, one of us will reach out to you directly if this is the case. Now back to your regularly scheduled avian-centric programming. Good birding! Kevin Murphy Boone, IA -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<CANy8hF433_cWL77RSuvQUYc_GtqipojF8xZvFKKg5zGzHSrCag...>

Date: 8/31/26 2:25 pm From: Julie Johnston <gg41grand...> Subject: [ia-bird] Julie Johnston SENT YOU AN ECARD!
[image: Blue Mountain] <https://cutt.ly/QyjocwrP> YOU RECEIVED AN ECARD! Julie Johnston (<gg41grand...>) has sent you an ecard from BlueMountain.com. [image: https://cutt.ly/QyjocwrP] <https://cutt.ly/QyjocwrP> View Your Ecard <https://cutt.ly/QyjocwrP> Please do not reply to this email. If you should have any questions, issues, or problems regarding this email, please visit our FAQs <https://www.bluemountain.com/faq> page. -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAMVZ6zd8UaSOLaO%<2B9xRJLAcM9yoBgBiMdjp3LpQ-HtWCPvuOJg...>

Date: 8/31/26 1:25 pm From: Jim Durbin <bugmugger187...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] ID
Chestnutsided Warbler Jim Durbin 1460 Douglas Court Marion Ia 52302 319-721-1593 https://www.iowanaturemapper.org/ www.Cedarrapidsaudubon.org <http://www.Cedarrapidsaudubon.org> On Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 2:29 PM 'Art Check' via IA-BIRD < <ia-bird...> wrote: > Any thoughts on what the remnants of this little guy once was? > Sorry not a whole lot lot left > Art Check > Nevada > > -- > Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> > To search for an unfamiliar location, go to > https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx > This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - > https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in > the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. > > IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "IA-BIRD" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<27490A09-7202-4B02-B740-BB3B509F8C93...> > . > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> > To search for an unfamiliar location, go to > https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx > This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - > https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in > the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. > > IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "IA-BIRD" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<27490A09-7202-4B02-B740-BB3B509F8C93...> > . > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAKwgF5farobhsp6knmXHzE5%2BRco5ENWrpOo8-87azaknF%2B%<2BFWg...>

Date: 8/31/26 12:31 pm From: 'Art Check' via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...> Subject: [ia-bird] More pics
Sorry should have included these as well for whatever they’re worth Art -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<A8AC8F20-8916-4D3F-AB50-2A7A629EE573...> -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<A8AC8F20-8916-4D3F-AB50-2A7A629EE573...> Sent from my iPhone -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<A8AC8F20-8916-4D3F-AB50-2A7A629EE573...>

Date: 8/31/26 12:29 pm From: 'Art Check' via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...> Subject: [ia-bird] ID
Any thoughts on what the remnants of this little guy once was? Sorry not a whole lot lot left Art Check Nevada -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<27490A09-7202-4B02-B740-BB3B509F8C93...> Sent from my iPhone -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<27490A09-7202-4B02-B740-BB3B509F8C93...>

Date: 8/30/26 6:28 pm From: Paul Roisen <roisenp1950...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Books
Art, I do not think we do that anymore. I would just bring them and make an announcement to make an offer. God Bless. Paul O. Roisen Sioux City, IA 51106 Woodbury County, IA Mobile 712-301-2817 <roisenp1950...> <roisenp1950...> On Sun, Aug 30, 2026 at 8:02 PM 'Art Check' via IA-BIRD < <ia-bird...> wrote: > Birders > Is there still someone who collects books for the IOU meeting? A sale or > give away? > I have a number of bird and other outdoor books and I’m thinning the herd. > Just didn’t know if that was still an option. > Thanks > Art Check > Nevada > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> > To search for an unfamiliar location, go to > https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx > This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - > https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in > the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. > > IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "IA-BIRD" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<72A65342-3A19-4141-918F-65F3E4EFCF37...> > . > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<CAF5x8g6XMs0Ge_gZCs9H9BCcaXBNuA9hew9LYEhr3oD_SR3tBQ...>

Date: 8/30/26 6:02 pm From: 'Art Check' via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...> Subject: [ia-bird] Books
Birders Is there still someone who collects books for the IOU meeting? A sale or give away? I have a number of bird and other outdoor books and I’m thinning the herd. Just didn’t know if that was still an option. Thanks Art Check Nevada Sent from my iPhone -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<72A65342-3A19-4141-918F-65F3E4EFCF37...>

Date: 8/30/26 5:36 pm From: Anna Buckardt <acbuckar...> Subject: [ia-bird] Re: Fall Meeting Registration Now Open!
Hello everyone, This is friendly reminder to please register for the fall IOU meeting by Sept 4th. Hope to see you in Ames! Happy birding, Anna On Wed, Aug 12, 2026, 5:06 PM Anna Buckardt <acbuckar...> wrote: > Hello Everyone! > We are excited to welcome you to the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fall > Conference in Ames, September 11–13, 2026. The conference will be held at > the Spark by Hilton Hotel (2609 S. University Blvd). > > Registration <https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Meetings/NextMeeting.aspx> is now > open, and if you plan to join us for meals, please register by Sept 4. If > you have questions or would like to share your access needs, please contact > Anna (<anna.buckardt...>). > > The Ames area provides outstanding birding opportunities during fall > migration. Field trips will showcase several of central Iowa's premier > birding destinations, each offering its own unique habitats and seasonal > specialties. > > Our Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Jeremy Withers, an Associate Professor in > the English Department at Iowa State University. His recently published > book, Birding English: Exploring the History of a Language through 50 > Birds, uses birds to lead readers on an exploratory journey through the > past, present, and future of the English language. > > We hope to see you in September! > > Anna Buckart Thomas > > IOU Vice President > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAEkgksorkGHcJnzFGTqcszzcp6B0r8s-hLs-2yTrSJVU%3D%<2BajQw...>

Date: 8/30/26 8:43 am From: Karen Fieg <karenlfieg...> Subject: [ia-bird] Shorebirds Polk County
There are still large flocks of the usuals on NW 134th Ave, East of NW 44th St. Also lots of wet areas east and south on NW 30th St. I did just relocate the two Wilson's Phalaropes I saw two days ago. Karen Fieg Grimes -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CACEkSvTTYtq-R2eE6kdVbXaMnsDjsALWKp-uP%<2BXzLxhqd7zopQ...>

Date: 8/29/26 8:41 pm From: Michael Parker <miketparker...> Subject: [ia-bird] Sandhill Cranes-Cone Marsh
4 Sandhill Cranes circling south end of Cone Marsh today (8/29; 2pm) On Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 1:09 AM <ia-bird...> wrote: > <ia-bird...> > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/ia-bird/topics> [image: > Google Groups Logo] > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> Google > Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > Today's topic summary > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/ia-bird/topics> > > - Iowa RBA: 8-28-26 <#m_-9057620957098242792_group_thread_0> - 1 Update > > Iowa RBA: 8-28-26 > <http://groups.google.com/group/ia-bird/t/9228d20e61d10b2e?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > John and Anna Bissell <john.annabissell...>: Aug 28 09:37AM -0500 > > Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, August 22, to Friday, August 28, > 2026 > > RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required) > > ACCIDENTAL > > CLARKS NUTCRACKER > > BROWN PELICAN > > ...more > <http://groups.google.com/group/ia-bird/msg/779270aaa765?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Back to top <#m_-9057620957098242792_digest_top> > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. You can change your settings on the group membership page > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/ia-bird/join> > . > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an > email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAOCQjHHP-5O-bFpw_5XdqNQyH0XSvsCq_M%2Bi3_pD6FB2V%<3DXDLA...>

Date: 8/29/26 5:18 pm From: Linda Rudolph <lgrudolph...> Subject: [ia-bird] Common Gallinule- Jackson County
A trio of birders from the Iowa City area visited Green Island Wildlife Management Area today despite the overcast and drizzly conditions. We had a spotting scope with us, and we saw 15 Common Gallinule. There was one adult and all the rest appeared to be immature birds. They were all in about the same area on the East side of what I would call the main dike. They were best observed through the spotting scope. Overall, the area was fairly quiet, but we did observe a number of Sandhill Cranes, we had a flying American Bittern, and we had two Northern Harriers interacting with each as well as a third Harrier flying by itself. Linda Rudolph Coralville -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<PH7PR84MB191227082458B2CCAEC700FCBCAA2...>

Date: 8/28/26 7:38 am From: John and Anna Bissell <john.annabissell...> Subject: [ia-bird] Iowa RBA: 8-28-26
Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, August 22, to Friday, August 28, 2026 RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required) ACCIDENTAL CLARKS NUTCRACKER BROWN PELICAN Additional species mentioned Marbled Godwit Laughing Gull Yellow-crowned Night Heron Mississippi Kite Hooded Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Red Crossbill *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 <http://www.iowabirds.org> ******************* 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. Please note this is an UNOFFICIAL compilation of rare bird sightings from both eBird and the IOU listserve. Data for field reports and early/late dates should not be taken from this weekly NORTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY A BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER was seen at Beeds Lake SP on the 28th. NORTHEAST DUBUQUE COUNTY A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON was seen at Deere Dike Park on the 21st. CLAYTON COUNTY 15 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Pikes Peak State Park on the 23rd. FAYETTE COUNTY 6 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at the UIU central campus on the 24th. ALLAMAKEE COUNTY 8 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at the Waukon Junction Unit of Yellow River SF on the 27th. EAST LINN COUNTY 5 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Pinicon Ridge County Park on the 27th. BUCHANAN COUNTY 12 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Guy Grover Timber and Tree Plantings on the 23rd. SCOTT COUNTY 4 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Wapsipinicon SP on the 24th. CENTRAL STORY COUNTY A CLARKS NUTCRACKER continues in a pine grove viewable from the Ames High School parking lot on the 23rd. 2 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at East River Valley Park on the 23rd. 2 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Nevada Cemetery on the 28th. DALLAS COUNTY 6 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Kuehn Conservation Area on the 23rd. POLK COUNTY A MISSISSIPPI KITE was seen near the Gloria Dei Church on the 22nd. 4 MARBLED GODWITS were seen at the Big Creek Spillway on the 24th. RED CROSSBILLS were seen at the Discovery Pond at Jester Park on the 27th. BOONE COUNTY RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Ledges SP on the 26th. SOUTH CENTRAL DECATUR COUNTY A HOODED WARBLER was seen at 110 NW 300th St on the 21st. MARION COUNTY 3 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at the Whitebreast Unit of Red Rock on the 22nd. WEST HARRISON COUNTY A BROWN PELICAN was seen at the Desoto NWR visitor center on the 25th. NORTHWEST WOODBURY COUNTY RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Browns Lake on the 24th. BUENA VISTA COUNTY A LAUGHING GULL was seen at Storm Lake on the 27th. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, September 4, 2026 for the weekly report. Should any UNRECORDED or ACCIDENTAL species be reported, an update will be posted. John Bissell Grimes, Iowa <John.annabissell...> 515-423-6108 -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CALXMzt1LTGGo3p890%<3DTFyu7Dik3Z1Eb2pfG3EXbS8AQCW7Hpsg...>

Date: 8/25/26 4:54 pm From: Ellen Fuller <cfuller989...> Subject: [ia-bird] Lesser Black-backed Gull
This Am at the Ft. Madison riverfront there was an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull atop the roof of the boat landing metal buildings. Chuck fuller Burlington <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free.www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<CADNk8fZORt9N-KWnuRqfSsE6UUiA5QYUuJdafPmk8JG870R65w...>

Date: 8/25/26 1:00 pm From: Hannah Leabhart <heleabhart...> Subject: [ia-bird] DeSoto NWR Brown Pelican
The Brown Pelican at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge continues this afternoon. It’s best viewed with a scope from the visitor center looking south. It was spending its time on and near the posts in the water. - Hannah Leabhart -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAF-MLiE67kvxMNAppAbC7%2BzA6%2BtLFb3%<3DZXtUX15V16mcnMq76g...>

Date: 8/25/26 7:08 am From: jimforde via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...> Subject: [ia-bird] Eared Grebe in Cedar Rapids
In basic plumage at west end of Cedar Lake. Jim Forde -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/MND7WI325UU4.Z50YVI98T9V%40luweb02oc.

Date: 8/24/26 2:23 pm From: Tom Dougherty <tom.dougherty.sr...> Subject: [ia-bird] Clark's Nutcracker departed?
Elaine and I looked for well over an hour this afternoon for the bird but we didn't see or hear it. Tom Dougherty Urbandale -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<28604179-ac28-439f-8ebf-575cf875baebn...>

Date: 8/24/26 6:53 am From: jimforde via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...> Subject: [ia-bird] Red-necked Phalaropes at HWA
5 juveniles near shore at DNR headquarters. Jim Forde -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/XB82XHYQ4UU4.I4T1T6PWO6SW%40luweb01oc.

Date: 8/23/26 5:07 pm From: weatherbird58 <weatherbird58...> Subject: [ia-bird] Nighthawks and Red Crossbills
Just after 6:30 pm, I saw a group of 7 and then 15 Common Nighthawks, clearly on the move southward. The date seems a little early. At the same time, there were a half dozen Red Crossbills in a dead tree. They didn't stay long. Orioles and hummingbirds have been very active. Karl Jungbluth, 2 miles south of Boone. -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<37c20596-903a-43ae-95a2-1425b07c1067n...>

Date: 8/22/26 3:26 pm From: Clayton Will <willcfish...> Subject: [ia-bird] Re: American Brown Pelican
Yes, I’d be glad to. On Sat, Aug 22, 2026 at 2:06 PM Clayton Will <willcfish...> wrote: > The American Brown Pelican reported this morning is 500 feet North of the > DeSoto Bend visitor center preening. The conservation officer said it was > gone since late morning. Iowa Life Bird 350 for me. > > Clayton Will > Madrid > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAHX11sjfOvk14j8xUmUwzX5UBp_uNa4Kg%<2B2SGBO7J9JqW4k7ww...>

Date: 8/22/26 12:07 pm From: Clayton Will <willcfish...> Subject: [ia-bird] American Brown Pelican
The American Brown Pelican reported this morning is 500 feet North of the DeSoto Bend visitor center preening. The conservation officer said it was gone since late morning. Iowa Life Bird 350 for me. Clayton Will Madrid -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAHX11siMBhKkOM4sr8hfKxsfWjDY4GHAR6eh%<2B2uPuoQcqb3kKg...>

Date: 8/22/26 9:57 am From: Rick Hollis <xiboia...> Subject: [ia-bird] Backing off proposed changes to wetland easements in Upper Midwest Priaire Poothole Region
The Department of the Interior has announced that it is halting changes to the rule governing wetland easements in the Prairie Potholes Region of the Upper Midwest. (https://us.list-manage.com/w10k9psPt9d?e=df2a428376&c2id=10265820827450d44306aaf5fce4f774) The Upper Midwest Prairie Potholes Region starts with the Des Moines lobe. The backing away from the proposed changes is good news for the ducks we see in the fall. Rick Hollis rural North Liberty -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<ae7710ef-7fbb-596b-69ca-431473702d2d...>

Date: 8/22/26 5:27 am From: Clayton Will <willcfish...> Subject: [ia-bird] Clark’s Nutcracker still present
The Clark’s Nutcracker returned to the pine trees at 6:45 AM. Southeast corner of the Highschool parking lot. Clayton Will Madrid -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<CAHX11sgP4EVR057kMsDXWjx5Pa1-DJgEqGDqjGMcyg9VbFw_6g...>

Date: 8/21/26 4:18 pm From: roisenp1950 <roisenp1950...> Subject: [ia-bird] Re: Clark's Nutcracker continues mid-day
Best photo I have seen so far, Doug. Thank you very much for sharing. God Bless. On Friday, August 21, 2026 at 2:55:44 PM UTC-5 dnharr wrote: > I spent time from 10:30 AM to 1:15 PM today spotting the Clark's > Nutcracker from the Ames HS parking area. Saw it about 4 times briefly but > could not get photos before leaving to get a quick lunch. After returning, > other birders and I briefly saw it near the top of those huge pine trees. > Then just before 1PM it leaped up for clear views and allowed many photos. > It was quite far away, so when getting home I had to crop and enhance > lighting on some of the best ones, such as the one included here. > > Doug Harr > Ogden > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<70d174e4-d36b-4be8-a4bf-b6b7b980ef3cn...>

Date: 8/21/26 2:50 pm From: Jacob Wiese <jwiese66...> Subject: [ia-bird] Clark's Nutcracker
The Clark's Nutcracker is still present at 4:30 pm. It is on South side of the Ames High School parking lot. Jake Wiese Lacona Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<PH7PR08MB8455E6BE65A9660CCB8D94E9C2A32...>

Date: 8/21/26 2:24 pm From: <wxqisu...> Subject: [ia-bird] A refreshing sip
Just like to share two pictures from this morning. Clark’s Nutcracker flew down to the backyard next to the Ames high school parking lot. In the first picture, it extends its beak to the surface of the water, and an obvious water flow/water drop of water can be seen under the tip of the beak. It has just contained water into its beak. In the second one, it has raised its head and beak, and its body posture has also changed; there are several falling drops of water next to it. Xiaoqing Wu Ames, Iowa -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<806AA5A2-CB00-4CB3-94DD-83759E3102DF...> Sent from my iPhone -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<806AA5A2-CB00-4CB3-94DD-83759E3102DF...>

Date: 8/21/26 1:02 pm From: Dana Simon <danalsimon...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Clark's Nutcracker continues mid-day
That leap qualifies for NBA pay. On Fri, Aug 21, 2026, 2:55 PM Doug & Nina Harr <dnharr...> wrote: > I spent time from 10:30 AM to 1:15 PM today spotting the Clark's > Nutcracker from the Ames HS parking area. Saw it about 4 times briefly but > could not get photos before leaving to get a quick lunch. After returning, > other birders and I briefly saw it near the top of those huge pine trees. > Then just before 1PM it leaped up for clear views and allowed many photos. > It was quite far away, so when getting home I had to crop and enhance > lighting on some of the best ones, such as the one included here. > > Doug Harr > Ogden > > -- > Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> > To search for an unfamiliar location, go to > https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx > This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - > https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in > the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. > > IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "IA-BIRD" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAO6%<3DGQf2JZf85m0b4WqCd6bLVgx6XkhHGj9OiuCZeOvC6rPCLw...> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAO6%<3DGQf2JZf85m0b4WqCd6bLVgx6XkhHGj9OiuCZeOvC6rPCLw...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAAXjc4PT9hJUvqQDA%2B%<3D4bddEoFXG7wwi3rxAjszO7qLrvSBT8A...>

Date: 8/21/26 12:55 pm From: Doug & Nina Harr <dnharr...> Subject: [ia-bird] Clark's Nutcracker continues mid-day
I spent time from 10:30 AM to 1:15 PM today spotting the Clark's Nutcracker from the Ames HS parking area. Saw it about 4 times briefly but could not get photos before leaving to get a quick lunch. After returning, other birders and I briefly saw it near the top of those huge pine trees. Then just before 1PM it leaped up for clear views and allowed many photos. It was quite far away, so when getting home I had to crop and enhance lighting on some of the best ones, such as the one included here. Doug Harr Ogden -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAO6%<3DGQf2JZf85m0b4WqCd6bLVgx6XkhHGj9OiuCZeOvC6rPCLw...>

Date: 8/21/26 10:03 am From: jimforde via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...> Subject: [ia-bird] Avocets in Cedar Rapids
There were 9 AMERICAN AVOCETS at east Cedar Lake around 11:30 a.m. All white headed but not all were the same size. Something I never noticed before. Jim Forde Cedar Rapids -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/GPUTP1CV3UU4.3BHCCJENY2LD3%40luweb01oc.

Date: 8/21/26 6:47 am From: Anna Buckardt <acbuckar...> Subject: [ia-bird] Clark's nutcracker present at 8:45am Aug 21
The nutcracker is being seen in the pines from the west side of the Ames High School parking lot. Anna Nevada -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAEkgkso5AnFjSOWtZ1UxJk23mOGOvkQoG4B65g3%<2BXy2U0OOq-g...>

Date: 8/21/26 5:07 am From: John and Anna Bissell <john.annabissell...> Subject: [ia-bird] Iowa RBA: 8-21-26
Iowa RBA birds reported from Saturday, August 15, to Friday, August 21, 2026 RARE Species Mentioned (documentation required) ACCIDENTAL CLARK’S NUTCRACKER CASUAL RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD Additional species mentioned Black-bellied Whistling Duck Laughing Gull Mississippi Kite Red Crossbill *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 <http://www.iowabirds.org> ******************* 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. Please note this is an UNOFFICIAL compilation of rare bird sightings from both eBird and the IOU listserve. Data for field reports and early/late dates should not be taken from this weekly EAST LINN COUNTY 5 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Pinicon Ridge County Park on the 20th. CENTRAL POLK COUNTY 16 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at the Discovery Pond at Jester Park on the 18th. MISSISSIPPI KITES continue around Sheridan Park on the 20th. GREENE COUNTY A RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was seen at a feeder south of Rippey on the 19th. Visitors are welcome. The homeowners email is <cradebaugh10...> STORY COUNTY 2 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at East River Valley Park on the 19th. A CLARKS NUTCRACKER was seen at the Furman Aquatic Center green space on the 21st. SOUTH CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY A BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK was seen at Bank Swallow Bend on the 16th. A RED CROSSBILL was seen at Browns Lake Area of Red Rock WMA on the 20th. MARION COUNTY 9 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at the Whitebreast RA of Red Rock on the 19th. NORTHWEST BUENA VISTA COUNTY 2 LAUGHING GULLS were seen at Storm Lake on the 20th. SIOUX COUNTY 11 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Oak Grove and Big Sioux Park on the 19th. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next scheduled report of the Iowa Rare Bird Alert will be for Friday, August 28, 2026 for the weekly report. Should any UNRECORDED or ACCIDENTAL species be reported, an update will be posted. John Bissell Grimes, Iowa <John.annabissell...> 515-423-6108 -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<CALXMzt3-LwjVuJAoH--xsCifjJY0PjwycKyzLtVbDipQhfQy6g...>

Date: 8/21/26 5:00 am From: Clayton Will <willcfish...> Subject: [ia-bird] Clark’s Nutcracker continues at Ames High parking lot.
The Clark’s Nutcracker continues this morning feeding on pine seeds. There are two large pines at the SE corner of the parking lot. The signs say parking permit only but I call Ames High admin off yesterday and they said no problem because school wasn’t in session. Clayton Will Madrid -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAHX11siMMwcpE7RNxuFjh2Qf8TLJdrG_E%<3D3VYnSiQYdykPWR3Q...>

Date: 8/20/26 7:03 pm From: Tyler M. Harms <tyharms...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Re: Bill Scheible- not a sighting
Bill was also an Iowa Young Birders Board member when the organization itself was still young. He frequently attended IAYB field trips as a volunteer leader and was always happy to share his love of birds and birding with kids and their families. We stayed in touch for a while after his move to Oregon. He missed Iowa but greatly enjoyed being near his grandkids. He will be missed, Tyler --------------- Tyler M. Harms President, Iowa Ornithologists' Union Ames, Iowa On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 5:14 PM Paul Hertzel <phertzel...> wrote: > Thank you for posting this bit of sad news, Linda. > > > I will remember Bill as an excellent birder. He loved Linn County in > particular and participated in a Linn County Big Day in May of 2009. The > total of 142 was a record for the county at the time. He also served a term > on the IOU Records Committee. And he shared his editing and writing skills > with the IOU, serving on the IOU Publications Committee for several years, > and co-editing the IOU News newsletter for a year before John and Anna > Bissell took over. The IOU missed him immediately when he moved to Oregon. > > > And I have missed his sharp wit/humor and good friendship. > > > Paul Hertzel > > Mason City > > > On 8/18/2026 3:32 PM, Linda Rudolph wrote: > > Many of you may remember Bill Scheible. He moved to Portland, Oregon > several years ago to be closer to his family. > He was an active member of the IOU while he lived here. His humor, > knowledge and sharp hearing made him a fun person to bird with. He led > field trips and co-led a trip to Southern California with Jim Fuller. He > was passionate in supporting the Iowa Young Birders. > He traveled extensively when he was a medical school professor. When he > became a birder, travel took on a whole new layer of fun and excitement. I > can think of 7 countries he had birded extensively in. Perhaps his most > meaningful trip was when he and a group of friends went to Micronesia. > They visited Tinian. This small island had a large airfield during WWII, > and Bill was very interested to see the base his father had flown from > during the war. > Bill had been in failing health for several years, and it is with great > sadness that I’m writing to let you know that he has passed away. > > Linda Rudolph > Coralville > > -- > Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> > To search for an unfamiliar location, go to > https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx > This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - > https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in > the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. > > IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "IA-BIRD" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<25c00e93-58c7-43ff-b2d3-32ea8b5e9c1f...> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<25c00e93-58c7-43ff-b2d3-32ea8b5e9c1f...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAPMjp33apECcuH6vhi5wFgdnDhgf8%3DXD%<3DK-MpZf7Af2Mze7yfQ...>

Date: 8/20/26 5:44 pm From: wybortsjr <wybortsjr...> Subject: RE: [ia-bird] Clark’s Nutcracker still present
Nutcracker took off at sunset and flew to the northwest like it was leaving the area. Wy has sent you this message from his mobile device. -------- Original message --------From: John and Anna Bissell <john.annabissell...> Date: 8/20/26 19:24 (GMT-06:00) To: IA-BIRD <ia-bird...> Subject: [ia-bird] Clark’s Nutcracker still present Viewed from Ames High School parking lot.Good birdingJohn BissellGrimes -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CALXMzt1MXuRJCDyNvFeMK%<2Ba3PKGZvEM9izRfgXNR8yrHZZ12Uw...> -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<6a879f51.0f75f638.43342.6b16...>

Date: 8/20/26 5:43 pm From: John and Anna Bissell <john.annabissell...> Subject: [ia-bird] Clark’s Nutcracker FYI
I watched the Clarks Nutcracker fly north and out of sight. Just FYI for those who might want to try for this bird in the morning. Good birding John Bissell Grimes -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CALXMzt2f%3D6uQW1NMAxy8ruqVXcV5SXw%<2BdgcP274v1FdyH5NRiQ...>

Date: 8/20/26 5:24 pm From: John and Anna Bissell <john.annabissell...> Subject: [ia-bird] Clark’s Nutcracker still present
Viewed from Ames High School parking lot. Good birding John Bissell Grimes -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CALXMzt1MXuRJCDyNvFeMK%<2Ba3PKGZvEM9izRfgXNR8yrHZZ12Uw...>

Date: 8/20/26 3:53 pm From: John Cecil <jcecil01...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Clark’s Nutcracker, Ames, Story Co.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/5a9ffsPcYDYVtSju9?g_st=ac The bird is being seen here now. 5:53pm On Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 3:35 PM Clayton Will <willcfish...> wrote: > The Clark’s Nutcracker is still in the woods behind where it was seen and > I photographed on a big pine tree with lots of open cones. Ames IA story > County. It dove down into the woods where many birders are looking. I sat > in the parking lot and watched these trees for 3 hours because it was to > hot out for me. > > Clayton Will > Madrid > > -- > Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> > To search for an unfamiliar location, go to > https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx > This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - > https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in > the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. > > IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "IA-BIRD" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAHX11sikxtDxJvb1ux6-X3isXLR%3Daz0b%<3D7Fstoo2pa1coAFXuw...> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAHX11sikxtDxJvb1ux6-X3isXLR%3Daz0b%<3D7Fstoo2pa1coAFXuw...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAF5S%<3Dz_5d4CoAg6QVXM2hBcBxA8a6V0twsY9buE6ADvNM4jOBg...>

Date: 8/20/26 1:35 pm From: Clayton Will <willcfish...> Subject: [ia-bird] Clark’s Nutcracker, Ames, Story Co.
The Clark’s Nutcracker is still in the woods behind where it was seen and I photographed on a big pine tree with lots of open cones. Ames IA story County. It dove down into the woods where many birders are looking. I sat in the parking lot and watched these trees for 3 hours because it was to hot out for me. Clayton Will Madrid -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAHX11sikxtDxJvb1ux6-X3isXLR%3Daz0b%<3D7Fstoo2pa1coAFXuw...>

Date: 8/20/26 1:06 pm From: Kevin Murphy <kevin.murphy39...> Subject: [ia-bird] Clark’s Nutcracker in Ames
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CHmx5hz8C/?mibextid=wwXIfr See the above ABA Rare Bird link from Facebook, several birders are here at 3:05 PM attempting to relocate the bird, no luck yet. Kevin Murphy, Boone -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CANy8hF7GOMusM%2BbGLo8nH%2BebdiFqeKDq6Ubq-cNhz%<2BrS8BqC1w...>

Date: 8/19/26 8:09 pm From: Todd Burkhardt <todd.burkhardt.tb...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Abridged summary of - 3 updates in 2 topics
Blue winged warbler today in Fairfield along the loop trail north of Walton Lake. On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 1:09 AM <ia-bird...> wrote: > <ia-bird...> > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/ia-bird/topics> [image: > Google Groups Logo] > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> Google > Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > Today's topic summary > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/ia-bird/topics> > > - Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird in Greene Co, Aug 18 > <#m_-1360052118702671489_group_thread_0> - 2 Updates > - Bill Scheible- not a sighting > <#m_-1360052118702671489_group_thread_1> - 1 Update > > Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird in Greene Co, Aug 18 > <http://groups.google.com/group/ia-bird/t/2c5af48932b64472?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Jesse Ellis <calocitta8...>: Aug 18 05:03PM -0500 > > Hey all- > > The Iowa Birding facebook group received a post by Colleen Radebaugh of a > Selasphorus hummingbird visiting her feeders today in Greene County. > > Jesse Ellis > Cedar Rapids > > -- ...more > <http://groups.google.com/group/ia-bird/msg/1db74dda06aeb?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Colleen Radebaugh <cradebaugh10...>: Aug 18 05:15PM -0500 > > I have now updated my eBird checklist showing Rufous Hummingbird (with my > location). Still trying to get better photos/confirmation. > Visitors are welcome. > Colleen Radebaugh > south of Rippey, IA ...more > <http://groups.google.com/group/ia-bird/msg/1dc0df38f0cbe?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Back to top <#m_-1360052118702671489_digest_top> > Bill Scheible- not a sighting > <http://groups.google.com/group/ia-bird/t/f8fda8568502d682?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Linda Rudolph <lgrudolph...>: Aug 18 08:32PM > > Many of you may remember Bill Scheible. He moved to Portland, Oregon > several years ago to be closer to his family. > He was an active member of the IOU while he lived here. His humor, > knowledge and ...mor > <http://groups.google.com/group/ia-bird/msg/1d6706114cca8?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Back to top <#m_-1360052118702671489_digest_top> > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. You can change your settings on the group membership page > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/ia-bird/join> > . > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an > email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<CAF67fmhy1cNFg_ozgBFaOcyvyuqHst_bAXiCTO0wGqN6Vws2sg...>

Date: 8/19/26 3:14 pm From: Paul Hertzel <phertzel...> Subject: [ia-bird] Re: Bill Scheible- not a sighting
Thank you for posting this bit of sad news, Linda. I will remember Bill as an excellent birder. He loved Linn County in particular and participated in a Linn County Big Day in May of 2009. The total of 142 was a record for the county at the time. He also served a term on the IOU Records Committee. And he shared his editing and writing skills with the IOU, serving on the IOU Publications Committee for several years, and co-editing the IOU News newsletter for a year before John and Anna Bissell took over. The IOU missed him immediately when he moved to Oregon. And I have missed his sharp wit/humor and good friendship. Paul Hertzel Mason City On 8/18/2026 3:32 PM, Linda Rudolph wrote: > Many of you may remember Bill Scheible. He moved to Portland, Oregon > several years ago to be closer to his family. > He was an active member of the IOU while he lived here. His humor, > knowledge and sharp hearing made him a fun person to bird with. He > led field trips and co-led a trip to Southern California with Jim > Fuller. He was passionate in supporting the Iowa Young Birders. > He traveled extensively when he was a medical school professor. When > he became a birder, travel took on a whole new layer of fun and > excitement. I can think of 7 countries he had birded extensively in. > Perhaps his most meaningful trip was when he and a group of friends > went to Micronesia. They visited Tinian. This small island had a > large airfield during WWII, and Bill was very interested to see the > base his father had flown from during the war. > Bill had been in failing health for several years, and it is with > great sadness that I’m writing to let you know that he has passed away. > > Linda Rudolph > Coralville > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<25c00e93-58c7-43ff-b2d3-32ea8b5e9c1f...>

Date: 8/19/26 9:09 am From: Rita Goranson <ritag...> Subject: [ia-bird] warblers at Parker's Woods
At the park this a.m. I encountered a flock of warblers: 10 Chestnut sided. 8 Redstarts. 2 Canada. 1 Bay-breasted. 1 Black and White. Birds that were sighted. Others were flitting around, moving fast south. Rita Goranson Mason City -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/000d01dd2ff5%2422ed6860%2468c83920%<24...>

Date: 8/19/26 7:05 am From: Colleen Radebaugh <cradebaugh10...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird in Greene Co, Aug 18

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