New Year's Day brought many wary partyers to the annual Long Prairie CBC. A preliminary count, without the feeder watchers results in, has the species at 37 for the day. We usually average around 34, so it was a pretty good year. Highlights:
Brown Creeper-1 Horned Larks-one small flock Hoary Redpolls-1, possibly 2 Bohemian Waxwings-flock in the Long Prairie cemetery Am. Robin- a few, we usually don't get one Cedar Waxwings-a few flocks Golden-crowned Kinglets-1 or 2 Mallards-3, usually a no-waterfowl CBC Sharp-shinned Hawk-1 And all the usual suspects, including hundreds of Siskins and Redpolls, a higher than average count of Red-breasted Nuthatches, several RT Hawks, Snow Buntings, and one Barred Owl. Unfortunately no northern owls or goshawks. Ben Fritchman Long Prairie, MN
