Iowa Birdline update, October 2, 1988

Notes for the Iowa Birdline update for October 2, 1988. Highlights of the update include sightings of seabirds that have rarely been seen in Iowa, including a Magnificent Frigatebird, a Parasitic Jaeger, two Pomarine Jaegers, and a Red Phalarope. Also of note were sightings of numerous Franklin's Gulls and American White Pelicans as well as several species of shorebirds.

Fuller, James L.
Iowa Ornithologists' Union

1988-10-02

Bird watching
Rare birds
Dial-a-message telephone calls
Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Sora (Porzana carolina)
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks (Charadriiformes)

Burlington
Clear Lake
Hendrickson Marsh Lake
Jester Park
Lake Red Rock
Saylorville Lake
Trumbull Lake
Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management Area
Fairfield

40.80754, -91.11292
43.12447, -93.42121
41.93658, -93.2398
41.78749, -93.78245
41.44055, -93.19521
41.7553, -93.73214
43.19327, -94.95018
43.11746, -93.49354
41.00863, -91.96267

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