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This afternoon at the MVNWR Wilkie Unit in Shakopee, Scott County a wave of Spring Fever burst within me like a over ripened tomato was squeezed to tight! The trails along the River were easy walking, and the honking of hundreds of Canada Geese could be heard long before reaching the River, as well as the rattle of a Belted Kingfisher. Seen on the walk were: Cackling Geese - 7 standing up on the ice shelf barely larger than a Mallard Green-winged Teal - 5 males Northern Shoveler Bufflehead Greater Scaup - nice side by side comparison Lesser Scaup Wood Duck - many Gadwall - many American Black Duck - 2 pair Ring-necked Duck American Wigeon Hooded Merganser Common Merganser American Coots - many Wilson's Snipe - 2 As 46 Red-winged Blackbirds flew in and alighted in the trees the Marsh music completely felt as if Spring had arrived! Conny Brunell Richfield, Hennepin Cty. [email protected] ------=_NextPart_115101182431223035828 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <HTML><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>This afternoon at the MVNWR Wilkie Unit in Shakopee, Scott County a wave of Spring Fever burst within me like a over ripened </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>tomato was squeezed to tight! The trails along the River were easy walking, and the honking of hundreds of Canada Geese could be heard long before reaching the River, as well as the rattle of a Belted Kingfisher. Seen on the walk were:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Cackling Geese - 7 standing up on the ice shelf barely larger than a Mallard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Green-winged Teal - 5 males</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Northern Shoveler</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Bufflehead</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Greater Scaup - nice side by side comparison</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Lesser Scaup</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Wood Duck - many </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Gadwall - many</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>American Black Duck - 2 pair</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Ring-necked Duck</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>American Wigeon</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Hooded Merganser</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Common Merganser</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>American Coots - many</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Wilson's Snipe - 2</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>As 46 Red-winged Blackbirds flew in and alighted in the trees the Marsh music completely felt as if Spring had arrived!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Conny Brunell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Richfield, Hennepin Cty.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2><A href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_115101182431223035828--
