One of several large flocks of Snow Buntings I saw in northern Polk Co. 12/8/07
Snow Bunting in northern Polk Co. 12/8/07
Snow Buntings in northern Polk Co. 12/8/07
Strange sighting...the entire flock of 55 Snow Buntings flew up and landed on the wires. Two were remaining by the time I got up to them. 12/8/07
A different large flock of Snow Buntings I saw in northern Polk Co. 12/8/07
Juvenile Iceland Gull on the DSM River 12/8/07
Not sure what gull this is. It has both Iceland (Kumlien's) and Thayer's Gull characteristics. 12/8/07
Glaucous Gull (2nd yr) on DSM River 12/8/07
Iceland/Thayer's-type Gull on DSM River 12/8/07
Glaucous Gull diving for a fish 12/8/07
Lapland Longspur in Dallas Co. 12/9/07
Snow Bunting in Dallas Co. 12/9/07
Horned Lark in Dallas Co. 12/9/07
Oregon Junco in my backyard 12/11/07
Cooper's Hawk in my backyard 12/11/07
Northern Shrike on Red Rock CBC 12/15/07
Juvenile Iceland Gull from DSM River, on Red Rock CBC 12/15/07
Dark-morph Rough-legged Hawk on Red Rock CBC 12/15/07
A different dark-morph Rough-legged Hawk on Red Rock CBC 12/15/07
Prairie Merlin at Camp Dodge 12/16/07
Lesser Black-backed Gull at Fort Madison 12/24/07
Bald Eagle at Fort Madison 12/24/07