Date: 11/1/24 10:52 am From: Doug & Nina Harr <dnharr...> Subject: [ia-bird] Re: Good Bjorkboda Marsh birding yesterday
Correction on my sightings yesterday. I've been informed that it's far too
late for Willets to ever have been seen in Iowa, so that makes it obvious I
miss ID'd those shore shorebirds. They were 1/4 mi. away and it was too
windy to get good details with my scope.
Doug Harr
On Fri, Nov 1, 2024 at 11:53 AM Doug & Nina Harr <dnharr...> wrote:
> Yesterday (Thursday) I birded Saylorville Lake, Ledges State Park and the
> Bjorkboda Marsh/McHugh area wetlands. Even though it was an extremely
> windy and cool day, I ended up finding 61 avian species--making it a great
> Fall day.
>
> Best was at Bjorkboda Marsh and other nearby wetlands. I had 10 Sandhill
> Cranes at Bjorkboda, the most I've ever seen there. Six took off and
> headed south, appearing to migrate, while 4 stayed on the marsh so close to
> the road I could take photos without needing to crop them. A juvenile
> American Bittern also launched right out from the cattails along the
> roadside. Shorebirds were at several different wetlands, with Willets and
> Dunlins in large numbers, but several other kinds also were seen, some hard
> to ID at a distance when too windy to use my scope. Anyway, it turned out
> to be a great Fall birding day!
>
