I hiked along the dike in the rain this afternoon at about 1:00. Song Sparrows are far more numerous than last week. I group of 20 or so were on the dike, along with 10 or so Lapland Longspurs. A Great Blue Heron was in the marsh. Ducks were as follows (more or less, many escaped ID): Greater White Fronted Geese: about 150 in three separate flocks Canada Geese- 20 or 30, mostly in pairs Hooded Mergansers- about 10 Bufflehead 4 Ringneck 11 Lesser Scaup-14 Northern Shoveler- 15 Mallards: about 50, several flocks and lots of pairs Gadwall- 20 or more Green Wing Teal- 6 Paul Hubert Storm Lake (NW IA)
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