Found a Winter Wren on my property in Douglas County (I was actually
looking for one for my county list.) I'm drawing down one of my beaver ponds
and
there were 13 Greater Yellowlegs and about 75 waterfowl present (including
first farm Pintails.) Lake Osakis had scores (perhaps hundreds) of Western
Grebes
already and a few Red-Necked Grebes. Lake Christina had NO W. Grebes at all.
The Pelican Lake Rookery had several thousand Herons present (some white, some
blue). There is no foliage yet but its a long ways to look without a boat.
There is an Eagle on nest at the W. end of Lake Aaron. Saw a N. Harrier doing
loops in the wind on Sunday including going fully upside down before flipping
back around. It was fun just to watch it.
John Ellis, St. Paul...April 17, '06
