Hello all, I counted 412 Sandhill Cranes at Bluestem Prairie SNA this morning. They were using a hay field about 0.5 mile west of the junction of CR23 and 17th. This is just northwest of the landfill. Also had 46 Tundra Swans fly overhead. Many Canada Geese moving north.
At Rothsay WMA (Wilkin County), I counted six Greater Prairie-Chicken leks but couldn't get accurate counts from the road. Also 6 Marbled Godwits, a male/female Northern Harrier pair, several Red-tailed Hawks, Western Meadowlarks, Red-winged Blackbirds. At Felton, I found 4 Chestnut-collared Longspurs, 4 Marbled Godwits, many W. Meadowlarks and RW Blackbirds, and about 30 Rusty Blackbirds (FOY). Also found 5 Red-necked Grebes in the big WPA west of the CR26/CR27 junction. Good Birding! Pat Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105 701-231-9491 Patrick.Beauzay at ndsu.nodak.edu http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/entomology/ http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/tigerbeetles/index.htm http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/Mounting_Chalcidoidea/Chalcmount.htm
