2008.03.06
15.01
Temperature 30 degrees and clear, walking on the Pioneer Walkway.
15.04 Creek is free of ice. It is very brown and dirty looking.
15.15 Image taken of a large chunk of ice in the river.
2008.03.09
13.49 Seeing geese in creek a hundred yards off or so.
13.52 Now that I am closer I can see about 20 geese, have taken an image.
13.58 Have gotten some images of ducks on the creek also.
2008.03.10
14.12 35 degrees and sunny. I am walking on the Des
Moines River trail.
14.25 Only seen squirrels.
14.36 Image attempted of eagle overhead in flight (sorry its a little blurry, but it is the best
one like this I've gotten.)
2008.03.13
13.30 Walking on the Pioneer trail. Partly clear, 58 degrees.
13.32 First robin of the year seen, no image taken.
13.33 Eagle seen in flight, image attempted, but unsuccessful.
13.35 Image taken of a robin bathing in a crick.
13.39 Image taken of a sparrow sized bird. It is probably a warbler or some sort of fly catcher.
13.43 The ground surrounding the trail is very
soggy, water standing in many places, but hasn't
breached the trail. I suspect it is a near flooding situation.
13.45 Robins are all over the place now. They must have arrived in force in the last few days.
13.47 Image of what I suspect is a nuthatch. (Sorry the Nut-Hatch is slightly out of focus.)
14.01 Large chunks of ice on the other bank seen, images taken.
14.18 Image taken of a smallish woodpecker.
2008.03.14
13.41 Mid fifties today with a light breeze.
13.59 Seeing lots of robins and not much else.
14.01 Image of Hairy Woodpecker. After inspecting the images, the bottom one has two
woodpeckers in it.
2008.03.15
13.43 Cloudy in the mid 30's. Its drying out a little, but rain is forecast over the next few days.
13.54 Image taken of what are probably Hairy Woodpeckers.
15.58 The trail near the creek, is mostly passable. Yesterday I had to inch my way on the ice bridge
on the edge of the trail but now it is mostly clear. The ice bridge was created when they plowed and then
the snow pack turned to ice.
14.00 Got an image of a male duck. I don't see the female though, but she has to be near by. Inspection of
the images revealed that the female was there, her
camouflage was
elegant. Look for orange, left of center and you will find a duck attached to it.
14.17
Tried to get an image of a small woodpecker, but I don't think I got it.
14.22
Tried to get an image of a pair of Rose Breasted Grosbeak.
2008.03.18
15.00 Walking on the River Trail I had a mink sighting and got several images of a cardinal.
2008.03.20
13.45 Walking on the Pioneer trail. Its clear and about 55 degrees.
14.02 Several images of a Rose Breasted Grosbeak.
14.07 I see the ducks that I last saw on the creek in a flooded area just to the east of the trail. Image not possible.
14.25 Several images taken of a ducks in the creek. I think they are Mallards.
2008.03.21
13.40 Its mostly clear today and about 45 degrees with a brisk wind of about 25 mph.
13.42 Image taken of a small sparrow sized bird (They turned out to be Goldfinches and blurry.)
Goldfinches are the State Bird of Iowa.
13.49 Image taken of what may be a meadowlark. (I
believe they were Meadowlarks, but the images were poor.)
14.04 Image taken of a sparrow sized bird. I think it is a American Tree Sparrow.
14.09 More images of a sparrow sized bird. Why because I could. I am not sure what it is.
14.19 Saw a Rose Breasted Grosbeak, but unable to get image.
14.28 Saw a pair of eagles roosting on downed log, but they flew off before I could get the camera booted up.
2008.03.25
13.42 Its clear and about 55, but windy.
13.54 Image taken of a possible field hawk. Probable Red Tailed Hawk.
13.59 Eagle spotted in flight, no image attempted.
14.27 Images attempted of small
sparrow sized birds, they are very very active.
I have not identified it.
2008.03.26
13.37 Several images taken of what may be a meadowlark.
13.56 Image taken of a cardinal.
14.00 Several images taken of goose on a sandbar in the creek.
14.09 Noticing trees are starting to bud out. Image taken of a tree bud.
14.00 Several images taken of goose on a sandbar in the creek.
14.09 Noticing trees are starting to bud out. Image taken of a tree bud.
2008.04.01
13.42 Upper 40's today and mostly cloudy.
14.08 Several images attempted of a probable Hairy Woodpecker.
14.10 Image taken of unidentified bird.
14.14 Image taken of a Rose Breasted Grosbeak.
14.40 Several images of some sort of hawk, estimated distance 100 meters.
2008.04.02
13.25 Sunny upper 50's.
13.44 Took an image of a robin, because I haven't seen anything else.
13.50 Several images of a deer taken.
13.58 Several images of an unidentified bird.
14.11
Blue jays spotted, but image unsuccessful.
14.14 Hairy Woodpecker image taken.
14.16 Images taken of deer.
14.27 Images attempted of what appears to be a hawk.
2008.04.07
13.35 Image taken of an unidentified bird.
13.45 Peepers(frogs) are loud, but I can't see any.
13.51 Image taken of a peeper(frog.)
13.56 Image taken of unidentified bird.
14.09 Images taken of geese in the creek.
2008.04.09
Walked, but forgot my voice recorder. Didn't walk on the 8
th due to heavy rain.
The following image was taken on the 9
th. I don't know for sure what it is, but I suspect some sort of fly catcher or a Warbler. And lastly I got another
picture of a Peeper.
Nf6 (0:03) 
17. Nxd4 (0:01) Nxd4 (0:11) 
Bxd5 (0:03) 
Bxd4+ (0:02) 
