We braved the chill and set out early this morning at Sweet Marsh. It was a good day for birding with a lot of variety. A highlight for us was having a white chinned mink run toward us on the dike. Another highlight was watching two Sandhill Cranes walking among Mallards, Green-winged Teal and Pintails. American Coot - 3 American Wigeon - 6 Blue-winged Teal - 2 Bufflehead - 10+ Canvasback - 10+ Common Merganser - 4 Gadwall - 6 Great Blue Heron - 1 Green-winged Teal - 4 Hooded Merganser - 2 Killdeer - 6+ Lesser Scaup -100+ Lesser White-fronted Goose - 20+ (in flight) Norther Harrier - 1 Northern Pintail - 20+ Northern Shoveler - 2 Redhead - 6 Ring-necked Duck - 100+ Ruddy Duck - 3 Sandhill Crane - 12 (approx) Wood duck - 4+ Bald Eagle - 3 Swans (unidentified - in flight) - 2 Mallards - 200+
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