Date: 11/7/24 6:55 pm From: Doug & Nina Harr <dnharr...> Subject: [ia-bird] Re: A Loony day in Polk County
Correction to what I reported seeing at Saylorville today. I meant *Horned
*Grebes, NOT Hooded Grebes! Since I saw a bunch of Hooded Mergansers
earlier I obviously mixed up the names when doing my usually lousy laptop
typing.
Doug
On Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 5:32 PM Doug & Nina Harr <dnharr...> wrote:
> I managed to find and view the Pacific Loon at Big Creek Lake this
> morning, and then a Northern Shrike along the road as I drove out of the
> wildlife area. Next, at Saylorville Lake I counted at least 34 Common Loons
> viewable in the middle of the lake between the dam and Cherry Glen.
> Several were diving, so my count of 34 is approximate, and at least one
> looked different than a Common Loon, but it was too far away and
> disappeared on me. The lake also had at least 15 species of waterfowl
> above the dam, lots being diving ducks, plus one pair of Hooded Grebes. It
> was another great November birding day, as I ended up with 63 species in 6
> hours of birding.
>
> Doug Harr
> Ogden
>
