No doubt there was a major movement of white-fronts today in western Minnesota. Consider the following
Grant County-3 hours, 7 flocks, 238 birds Traverse county-in 2 hours, 3 flocks, 225 birds Swift County-slow here, 1 white fronted in a Snow Goose flock Big Stone County-2 hours, 2 flocks, 500 birds Chippewa County-1 hour, 4 flocks, 441 birds Plus in Traverse County had 1 flock of 5000 Snow Geese that circled and landed to allow us to count them. Had a few other Snow Geese in all counties. Canada Geese were impossible to count and probably some of the canadas were actually white-fronts too far away for us to be sure. In Herman we found 3 Eurasian Collared-Doves. Not great looks were obtained on two of the birds but we believe that all three are adult looking birds. Note previous directions from the Thimgans. These birds were kitty corner from the church to the northeast before the Sharp-shinned interupted things temporarily. Three early White Pelicans at Las Qui Parle Lake, flying north with Canada Geese. Dennis and Barbara Martin [email protected]
