Heard on the Birdline, December 15, 1997-March 15, 1998

• Main Authors: Fuller, James L.et al, Iowa Ornithologists' Unionet al
• Other Authors: Iowa State University. Special Collections and University Archives (curator), Noble, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1945- (contributor), Padelford, Babs (contributor), Padelford, Loren (contributor), Sinclair, Jim (contributor)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: Bird feeders > Bird watching > Rare birds > Dial-a-message telephone calls; Prairie Falcon > Ross's Gull > Summer Tanager > Sprague's Pipit > Varied Thrush > White-winged Crossbill > Snowy Owl > Long-tailed Duck > Black-legged Kittiwake > Common Raven > Hoary Redpoll > Northern Saw-whet Owl > Laridae; Red Rock; Rock Lake; Black-legged Kittiwake; snowy owl
• Online Access: https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9599z347; https://digitalcollections.lib.iastate.edu/islandora/object/isu%3AIOU_16768/datastream/TN/view/Heard%20on%20the%20Birdline,%20December%2015,%201997-March%2015,%201998.jpg

Summary of the Iowa Birdline update for December 15, 1997-March 15, 1998. Highlights of the update include sightings of two Ross's Gulls, an adult Black-legged Kittiwake, and seven different Snowy Owl observations in December. Very unusual reports of a Common Raven and a Sprague's Pipit were reported in February. Other interesting observations were of a mid-winter sighting of a Summer Tanager in January and February as well as a continued winter presence of White-winged Crossbills. Epson - sheet feed