What a wonderful development. Judy and I just were there on Saturday 
past, and hiked into the main area above the visitor center. It was an 
awesome experience in that we saw, in addition to the mounds which I had 
seen several times before, literally hundres of Baltimore Orioles and 
dozens and dozens of Red-Headed Woodpeckers, and at least one Cerulean 
Warbler (I think) and a Tanager (of some kind). We are not highly 
skilled birders, so not always able to skillfully ID species, but there 
just were lots and lots of birds there at that time, and of course, it 
is early Spring at the site, so trees were only just beginning to show 
leaf buds, which made the bird spotting much simpler.

Lyle Krewson


Neila Seaman wrote:
> *Iowa to Dedicate State’s First Globally Important Bird Area*
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