American Black Duck at the North Onion Creek CREP along hwy 17 two miles North of Hwy 30 Boone Co.

[Clayton Will]

There is an American Black Duck at the North Onion Creek CREP along hwy 17 two miles North of Hwy 30. Boone Co. 

Clayton Will

Madrid

[Clayton Will]

Possible pair of Black Ducks, 200 yards from the road. 

[Russell Benedict]

A busy day near Lake Red Rock.  My first Eastern Phoebe of the year.  Back in the day, I associated the first phoebe of the year with my wedding anniversary - in the last couple of days of March.  How things have changed.  If I live to be 150, they may spend the winter here.

Also had big groups of Common Grackles flying over,  Brown-headed Cowbirds in the ag fields, and more Snow and Greater White-fronted Geese than I typically see near my house on the south side of Red Rock.  Fun day, Russ Benedict, Pella/Knoxville.

Russ Benedict

Professor of Biology

Director of Prairies For Agriculture Project

Department of Biology, Central College

812 University Street | Campus Box 09 | Pella, Iowa 50219

Office:  641-628-5173

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