Birded Sunday in Winona County and found 82 species, including: AMERICAN BITTERN - 1 flushed at edge of marsh on Prairie Island Road.
SORAS - 4 in Prairie Island marshes. VIRGINA RAILS - 2 in Prairie Island marshes. Both rails were detected by getting vocal responses from taped calls. One visual, a sora that came within 5 feet. BANK SWALLOW - 2 in separate locations, found five swallow species, missed cliff swallow. RUDDY DUCKS - 171 at Lewiston Sewage ponds, 2 on Lake Winona. 15 duck species. No mergansers. HORNED GREBES - 6 on Lake Winona with a tight raft of pied-billed grebes. GREATER SCAUP - One at Prairie Island, one at Lewiston. YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS - 3 at Rileys Lake in Winona, 2 with open country farm flock near Lewiston. Also 1 RUSTY BLACKBIRD, no Brewer's. SHOREBIRDS - G. and L. yellowlegs, pectoral sandpiper. WARBLERS - Still only dozens of yellow-rumped warblers feeding with RC kinglet flocks. Regards, Jeff Dankert 908 Parks Ave Apt 158 Winona MN 55987-5330 (507) 454-0033 [email protected]
