Date: 6/17/25 4:05 pm From: Merle and Marsha Hall <mghall...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Bobolink question
We just checked the field south of Granger
<https://maps.app.goo.gl/s9Q1GStTw2KzMzDY7> where we usually see them
and saw several Bobolinks. So they are back there at least.
Also, saw Cedar Waxwings, Baltimore Orioles and Goldfinches at the
Beaver Creek bridge between Granger and that field.
Merle
On 6/17/25 2:04 PM, Doug & Nina Harr wrote:
>
> I have been seeing Bobolinks in several places in Boone County. They
> include Harrier Marsh WMA (just not as many as usual) near where I
> live at Ogden, at Bjorkboda Marsh and McHugh Marsh grasslands up on
> the Boone/Hamilton County nines, and actually several on a roughly
> 250-acre lightly grazed/rotational pasture area about 3 mi. south of
> the tiny town of Beaver. Bobolinks numbers certainly are known to be
> in serious decline, but at least we still seem to find quite a few up
> here.
>
> Doug Harr
> Ogden, IA
>
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM Russell Benedict
> <BenedictR...> wrote:
>
> Good morning,
>
> I have not seen or heard a single Bobolink this year.
> Probably just a wrong place - wrong time thing. Have other people
> been seeing good numbers this spring? Russ between Pella and
> Knoxville.
>
>
>
> Russ Benedict
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> Iowa bird lovers,
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> Sitting on my porch this morning, I saw a female Baltimore Oriole
> fly across my yard carrying something large and dark in her bill.
> She dropped it on my sidewalk, reminding me of when birds drop
> fecal sacs from their young. I investigated and found that she had
> dropped a dead oriole nestling. I have always wondered what
> happens to young that die in the nest. Has anyone else seen
> similar behaviors? Russ between Pella and Knoxville.
>
>
> Russ Benedict
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