I stopped by Black Dog Lake (Dakota County) this afternoon, 3:30-5pm. I stopped at the bridge, the viewing platform, the pull off near the power plant, and the marsh just east of highway 77
8 Canada Goose 2 Wood Duck 8 Mallard 2 Redhead (in the marsh east of 77) 55 Ring-necked Duck 6 Lesser Scaup (in the marsh east of 77) 5 Bufflehead 45 Common Goldeneye 6 Hooded Merganser 250 Common Merganser 6 Red-breasted Merganser (in the MN river on the north side of Black Dog Road - seen from the pull off near the plant) 5 Double-crested Cormorant 4 Great Blue Heron 1 Bald Eagle 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Peregrine Falcon (on the power plant smoke stack) 3 American Coot X Herring Gull X Ring-billed Gull 1 Belted Kingfisher (in the marsh east of 77) 1 American Crow 15 Red-winged Blackbird 25 Common Grackle - Derek Bakken
