Iowa Birdline update, December 19, 1994

Email of the Iowa Birdline update for December 19, 1994. Highlights of the update include the first of the Christmas bird counts and the outstanding birds that were observed, including a Say's Phoebe, a Black-legged Kittiwake, a Bohemian Waxwing, an adult male White-winged Scoter, Surf Scoters, and three Long-tailed Ducks. Also of note were several species of Gulls, including an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, a first winter Great Black-backed Gull, three first winter Thayer's Gulls, and four Glaucous Gulls. Also included is a typewritten update for the next week's report with sightings of Merlin, Brown Thrasher, and updates on previously seen birds.

Fuller, James L.
Iowa Ornithologists' Union

Cummins, Raymond L.
Schantz, Tim
Schirck, Shirley

1994-12-19

Bird surveys
Bird watching
Dial-a-message telephone calls
Thayer's Gull (Larus thayeri)
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
Mew Gull (Larus canus)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis)

Appanoose County
Burlington
Iowa City
Lake Red Rock
Mason City
Red Rock Dam
Sioux County
Wayne County
Carroll County
Knoxville
Corydon

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