Lacey/Keo State Park - Saturday
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Ron Stakland
Mar 22, 2026, 10:53:19 AM (9 days ago) Mar 22
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(Tried to post this yesterday but apparently used wrong address.)
36 species this morning in Lacy State Park near Keosauqua. All the local woodpeckers including great looks at a Pileated foraging on the ground. Other highlights were FOS Yellow Rumped Warbler, several Brown Creepers, close views of a singing Winter Wren, a very insistent Red Shouldered Hawk screaming from the treetops, and Wood Ducks in the woods.
Merlin sound ID twice reported a Northern Mockingbird which I very much doubt and did not include in my e-Bird report. This same Merlin was unable to ID the winter wren at point blank range, reinforcing my policy of only "counting" birds I can ID visually.
Oh, also reporting FOY wood tick. Ugh, almost makes me miss winter.
Ron and Maricela Stakland
Fairfield
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36 species this morning in Lacy State Park near Keosauqua. All the local woodpeckers including great looks at a Pileated foraging on the ground. Other highlights were FOS Yellow Rumped Warbler, several Brown Creepers, close views of a singing Winter Wren, a very insistent Red Shouldered Hawk screaming from the treetops, and Wood Ducks in the woods.
Merlin sound ID twice reported a Northern Mockingbird which I very much doubt and did not include in my e-Bird report. This same Merlin was unable to ID the winter wren at point blank range, reinforcing my policy of only "counting" birds I can ID visually.
Oh, also reporting FOY wood tick. Ugh, almost makes me miss winter.
Ron and Maricela Stakland
Fairfield
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