Iowa City Bird Club Shorebird Trip on 21 August

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The Iowa City Bird Club's Shorebird Trip to Hawkeye Wildlife Area was held 21 August. Mild temps and low humidity coupled with low water levels made for great birding for the 13 birders. They observed 50 different species, including 14 species of shorebirds.   Particularly good spots for birds are Round Pond where they saw 70 Great Egrets.  Greencastle was the next stop and offered the greatest shorebird variety, and lastly Sand Point provided distant Am. Avocets, and close Western and Baird's Sandpipers.  Approximately 2000+ Am White Pelicans were observed kettleing against the clear sky.

The bird list:  Pied-billed Grebe, American White Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Turkey Vulture, Northern Harrier, Sora, American Avocet, Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Short-billed Dowitcher, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Baird's Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, Ring-billed Gull, Caspian Tern, Forster's Tern, Black Tern, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Eastern Kingbird, Horned Lark, Tree Swallow, Bank Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Barn Swallow, Cedar Waxwing, Eastern Bluebird, American Robin, American Crow, American Goldfinch, Northern Cardinal, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Red-winged Blackbird, and Baltimore Oriole.