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Date: 1/3/25 6:17 pm From: <wybortsjr...> Subject: [ia-bird] NO Snowy Owl
For anyone wanting to go find the Snowy Owl, I went today and drove the entire clover leaf several times over the space of about an hour and did not find the Snowy Owl. If anyone finds it again, can you let me know? Thanks! Wyman Borts -----Original Message----- From: <ebird-alert...> <ebird-alert...> Sent: Friday, January 3, 2025 11:58 To: <wybortsjr...> Subject: [eBird Alert] Iowa Rare Bird Alert <daily> * Species Summary: Greater White-fronted Goose (1 Buena Vista, 1 Monona) Tundra Swan (1 Polk) Greater Scaup (1 Polk) Lesser Black-backed Gull (3 Polk) Iceland Gull (Thayer's) (1 Polk, 1 Scott) Iceland Gull (kumlieni) (1 Polk) Red-tailed Hawk (abieticola) (1 Dallas) Snowy Owl (2 Hamilton) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1 Decatur, 2 Johnson) Peregrine Falcon (1 Des Moines) Loggerhead Shrike (1 Decatur) Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) (1 Dubuque, 1 Johnson) Yellow-rumped Warbler (1 Decatur) --------------------------------------------- Thank you for subscribing to the <daily> Iowa Rare Bird Alert. The report below shows observations of rare birds in Iowa. View or unsubscribe to this alert at https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN35680 NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated. eBird encourages our users to bird safely, responsibly, and mindfully. Please follow the recommendations of your local health authorities and respect any active travel restrictions in your area. For more information visit: https://ebird.org/news/please-bird-mindfully Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) (20) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 01, 2025 15:30 by Mark Haindfield - Blue Lake, Monona, Iowa - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-96.1610985&<ll...>,-96.1610985 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207771337 - Media: 1 Photo - Comments: "Sparsely mixed in with Canada Geese. Orange legs, white base of bill, brownish overall. Also speckled belly, some baring on sides, and white under tail. Conservative count." Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) (11) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 02, 2025 13:36 by Dana Siefer - Storm Lake, Buena Vista, Iowa - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-95.2050304&<ll...>,-95.2050304 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207713884 - Media: 1 Photo - Comments: "Orange feet white forehead. White flank line on sleeping birds" Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 02, 2025 15:00 by Ray Cummins - Saylorville Reservoir--Polk City Wildlife Area, Polk, Iowa - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-93.6949253&<ll...>,-93.6949253 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207749442 - Comments: "Yellow at base of bill, slightly smaller than the trumpeter swans" Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) (1) - Reported Jan 01, 2025 11:40 by Connor Langan - Copper Creek Lake, Polk, Iowa - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-93.5278559&<ll...>,-93.5278559 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207719427 - Comments: "Photos later" Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (2) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 03, 2025 09:00 by Ray Cummins - Saylorville Reservoir--Lakeview Recreation Area, Polk, Iowa - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-93.6990023&<ll...>,-93.6990023 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207815899 - Comments: "Second yr and an adult" Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (2) - Reported Jan 03, 2025 10:29 by John Bissell - Saylorville Reservoir--dam pullouts, Polk, Iowa - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-93.6826086&<ll...>,-93.6826086 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207838837 - Comments: "Continuing adult and 2W" Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 02, 2025 13:57 by RJ Thompson - Saylorville Reservoir--dam pullouts, Polk, Iowa - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-93.6826086&<ll...>,-93.6826086 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207733223 - Comments: "Continuing 2nd winter bird" Iceland Gull (Thayer's) (Larus glaucoides thayeri) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 02, 2025 11:30 by Steve Freed - Mississippi River Lock & Dam 14 (Iowa), Scott, Iowa - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-90.401516&<ll...>,-90.401516 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207728141 - Comments: "Adult bird flying below L&D, viewed from Illinois side over both Iowa and Illinois waters. Size of AHGU with reduced dark greyish-blackish on upper distal primaries and pale distal outer primaries below." Iceland Gull (Thayer's) (Larus glaucoides thayeri) (1) - Reported Jan 03, 2025 10:29 by John Bissell - Saylorville Reservoir--dam pullouts, Polk, Iowa - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-93.6826086&<ll...>,-93.6826086 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207838837 - Comments: "Pale brown overall. Pale primary edges. Seen on the ice and in flight" Iceland Gull (kumlieni) (Larus glaucoides kumlieni) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 02, 2025 13:57 by RJ Thompson - Saylorville Reservoir--dam pullouts, Polk, Iowa - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-93.6826086&<ll...>,-93.6826086 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207733223 - Comments: "Continuing very pale juvenile." Red-tailed Hawk (abieticola) (Buteo jamaicensis abieticola) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 02, 2025 15:05 by Clayton Will - 1279 125th Trail, Dawson, Iowa, US (41.853, -94.225), Dallas, Iowa - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-94.2249824&<ll...>,-94.2249824 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207730842 - Media: 5 Photos - Comments: "Photo/video red drizzle neck bib amd belly. Small compared to nearby RTHA" Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 02, 2025 13:40 by Scott France - Hamilton County, Iowa, Hamilton, Iowa - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-93.5679213&<ll...>,-93.5679213 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207772135 - Comments: "Large white owl sitting on electric box in grassy area of cloverleaf (S of US20, E of I-35)" Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 02, 2025 16:44 by Eli Kenyon - U.S. 20, Williams, Iowa, US (42.448, -93.568), Hamilton, Iowa - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-93.567915&<ll...>,-93.567915 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207750111 - Media: 2 Photos - Comments: "Continuing, seems to like the power box" Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 02, 2025 12:28 by Ben Baldwin - 310th, Decatur, Iowa - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-93.847585&<ll...>,-93.847585 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207774238 - Comments: "Known in the area. Wintering in a pine tree. Size of hairy woodpecker with mottled back, white wing patches, black and white face pattern with red on crown. Feeding at typical sapsucker wells in the pine tree." Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) (1) - Reported Jan 03, 2025 11:37 by Andrew Meiborg - 925 S Dodge St, Iowa City US-IA 41.64992, -91.52632, Johnson, Iowa - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-91.526317&<ll...>,-91.526317 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207841214 - Comments: "heard first. male with red cap and throat. long white patch on leading edge of wings" Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 02, 2025 10:37 by Libby Felts - Goff's, Johnson, Iowa - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-91.5254211&<ll...>,-91.5254211 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207677175 - Media: 2 Photos - Comments: "Female, red crown with white throat, mottled yellow-ish breast and black and white back. About halfway up a spruce tree south of house. Private residence. Pics TBA." Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 02, 2025 12:39 by Sarah Bissell - Burlington--downtown and waterfront, Des Moines, Iowa - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-91.0991809&<ll...>,-91.0991809 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207727422 - Comments: "Suiting on the left H” of the bridge" Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 02, 2025 12:28 by Ben Baldwin - 310th, Decatur, Iowa - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-93.847585&<ll...>,-93.847585 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207774238 - Comments: "Darker over all than northern. Thicker mask and shorter all dark bill." Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) (Junco hyemalis [oreganus Group]) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 02, 2025 by Kevin Ripka - Court St. House, Johnson, Iowa - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-91.4978862&<ll...>,-91.4978862 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207677757 - Comments: "Hood, warm body/sides. Has been off and on at my feeders all winter." Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) (Junco hyemalis [oreganus Group]) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 03, 2025 07:26 by Tony Moline - Mines of Spain SRA, Dubuque, Iowa - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-90.6301689&<ll...>,-90.6301689 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207808804 - Comments: "Black hood. Rusty back and flanks. Expected small quality sub-species" Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) (9) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 02, 2025 10:31 by Ben Baldwin - 28811–28875 188th Ave, Davis City US-IA (40.6343,-93.8484), Decatur, Iowa - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-93.848415&<ll...>,-93.848415 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207668841 - Comments: "Small. Thin bill, yellow rump and spots at sides of breast." ********* You received this message because you are subscribed to eBird's Iowa Rare Bird Alert Manage your eBird alert subscriptions: https://ebird.org/alerts eBird Alerts provide recent reports of regionally or seasonally rare species (Rarities Alerts) or species you have not yet observed (Needs Alerts) in your region of interest; both Accepted and Unreviewed observations are included. Some reports may be from private property or inaccessible to the general public. It is the responsibility of every eBirder to be aware of and respectful of access restrictions. 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