Scott Mehus of Fountain City, Wis. organized the second GOEA survey of this area conducted Jan. 21.
My portion of the survey was in southeastern Houston C., Minn. from LaCrescent south along the River (Hwy. 26 along Pool 8), to New Albin, Ia, west to Caledonia & Eitzen, north to the Root R. & LaCrescent. Weather was clear & sunny, 30-35 degrees F., mostly calm. I drove 100 miles. Five hours. I saw no Golden Eagles. Other species included: Tundra Swan------------1 Pool 8 Canada Goose----------11 " Mallard Common Merganser-------2 Bald Eagle------------89 (56A, 30I, 3Unaged) Mostly on Pool 8 Red-t. Hawk-----------15 (Six "paired up") Rough-l. Hawk----------2 (dark phase) Am. Kestrel------------1 Eastern Bluebird-------7 Fred Lesher LaCrosse, Wis. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
