We birded Ankeny this afternoon for a couple of hours. At Pintail Marsh boardwalk and bird blind: YELLOW WARBLER - 3 BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK- 1 BUSHTIT- 4 AMERICAN ROBIN At Egret Marsh and the trail to the seasonal bird blind: very few ducks RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD BREWER'S BLACKBIRD WESTERN WOOD PEWEE NORTHERN FLICKER AMERICAN CROW EUROPEAN STARLING BARN SWALLOW TREE SWALLOW VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW SONG SPARROW At Eagle Marsh: very few ducks CINNAMON TEAL -3 NORTHERN SHOVELER -- 2 PIED-BILLED GREBE - 2 BLACK PHOEBE -- 2 BARN SWALLOW TREE SWALLOW VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD CANADA GEESE GREAT BLUE HERON BALD EAGLE, immature - 1 Along Ankeny Hill Road, just east of the woodpecker oak tree rest area: WESTERN BLUEBIRD - 1 Pictures later. Maybe. Max and Madeline Rae OBOL archives: www.freelists.org/archive/obol Manage your account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/obol Contact moderators: obol-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx