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April 3 - 5, 2005 Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter Southwest Minnesota Field Trip Report 78 - Species observed 6 - Observer's Enjoyed a pleasant time birding in Souther Western Minnesota over the last three days. For the most part all of the Geese have pushed through. There were still large numbers of Ducks, with 17 species observed over the three days. We also observed a small number of Shorebirds in Cottonwood County and Raptor's were moving pretty well over the three day's as well. With a late Rough-legged Hawk observed at Red Rock Prairie in Cottonwood County. We saw few Sparrows and no Longspurs, but did manage to find one Great-tailed Grackle at the Grover Lake location. We also checked the spots on Jackson CR 4 and Hwy 86 without success. Here are a few of the species observed and there locations: @ Greater White-fronted Goose - Nobles County - Ocheda Lake, East side of CR 57, 1/4 mile North of 290 TH ST. - est. 40 birds @ Snow Goose - Several flocks at the Nobles county location and 3 on Illinois Lake in Jackson County. @ Ross's Goose - Nobles county location. One, possibly two birds present. @ Rough-legged Hawk - Cottonwood County - Red Rock Prairie @ Gray Partridge - Brown County - Two birds observed in the field just South of the Sleepy Eye Sewage Ponds. @ Baird's & Pectoral Sandpiper's - Cottonwood County, By the meat packing plant on the East side of Windom - 490 Ave., just North of Hwy 60. @ Bonaparte's Gull - Brown County, Sleepy Eye Sewage Ponds - 30 birds were present @ Vesper Sparrow - Cottonwood County - Several birds were singing at Red Rock Prairie. @ Rusty Blackbird - Nobles county @ Great-tailed Grackle - Jackson County, along the West Edge of Grover Lake at 700 ST along the Iowa border. @ Pine Siskin - Cottonwood County - observed in the Cedar trees in the Cemetery in Windom on CR 17, about 1 mile East of Hwy 60. Craig Mandel - [email protected] - Minnetonka, MN -------------------------------1112759864 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUS-ASCII"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=3Drole_body style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY:=20= Arial"=20 bottomMargin=3D7 leftMargin=3D7 topMargin=3D7 rightMargin=3D7><FONT id=3Drol= e_document=20 face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size=3D2> <DIV>April 3 - 5, 2005</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter</DIV> <DIV>Southwest Minnesota </DIV> <DIV>Field Trip Report</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>78 - Species observed</DIV> <DIV>6 - Observer's</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Enjoyed a pleasant time birding in Souther Western Minnesota over the l= ast=20 three days. For the most part all of the Geese have pushed=20 through. There were still large numbers of Ducks, with 17=20 species observed over the three days. We also observed a small nu= mber=20 of Shorebirds in Cottonwood County and Raptor's were moving pretty well= =20 over the three day's as well. With a late Rough-legged Hawk obser= ved=20 at Red Rock Prairie in Cottonwood County. We saw few Sparrows and no=20 Longspurs, but did manage to find one Great-tailed Grackle at the Grover Lak= e=20 location. We also checked the spots on Jackson CR 4 and Hwy 86 without= =20 success. Here are a few of the species observed and there=20 locations:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>@ Greater White-fronted Goose - Nobles County - Ocheda Lake, East side=20= of=20 CR 57, 1/4 mile North of 290 TH ST. - est. 40 birds </DIV> <DIV>@ Snow Goose - Several flocks at the Nobles county location and 3 on=20 Illinois Lake in Jackson County.</DIV> <DIV>@ Ross's Goose - Nobles county location. One, possibly two b= irds=20 present. </DIV> <DIV>@ Rough-legged Hawk - Cottonwood County - Red Rock Prairie</DIV> <DIV>@ Gray Partridge - Brown County - Two birds observed in the field just=20 South of the Sleepy Eye Sewage Ponds.</DIV> <DIV>@ Baird's & Pectoral Sandpiper's - Cottonwood County, By the m= eat=20 packing plant on the East side of Windom - 490 Ave., just North of Hwy 60.</= DIV> <DIV>@ Bonaparte's Gull - Brown County, Sleepy Eye Sewage Ponds - 30 birds w= ere=20 present</DIV> <DIV>@ Vesper Sparrow - Cottonwood County - Several birds were singing= at=20 Red Rock Prairie.</DIV> <DIV>@ Rusty Blackbird - Nobles county</DIV> <DIV>@ Great-tailed Grackle - Jackson County, along the West Edge of Grover=20= Lake=20 at 700 ST along the Iowa border.</DIV> <DIV>@ Pine Siskin - Cottonwood County - observed in the Cedar trees in the=20 Cemetery in Windom on CR 17, about 1 mile East of Hwy 60.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial size=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" PTSIZE=3D"10"= >Craig Mandel=20 - [email protected] - Minnetonka, MN </FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> -------------------------------1112759864--
