Date: 3/30/26 3:11 pm From: Ron Stakland <rons...> Subject: [ia-bird] Van Buren County update
I visited Mt. Sterling wetlands today and saw: 50+ Pectoral Sandpipers 10+ Greater Yellowlegs 2 Lesser Yellowlegs 50+ Am White Pelicans Various ducks including Hooded Mergansers. The eagle nest on the north end of the wetland is occupied again after being MIA last year. Saw a Northern Mockingbird by the highway near the church as I was leaving.
Stopped briefly at Lacey Keo SP. Ely Ford stone bridge area: FOY Eastern Towhee. Ruby and Golden Crowned Kinglets continuing in the meadow. Lake Sugema: 100+ Red Breasted Mergansers 200+ DC Cormorants
It seems our warm weather and southerly winds are bringing rapid changes on a daily basis. Could be an early birding spring. Hopefully the birds will get here before the leaves do!
