Hello, I made a quick swing down to the 180th street marsh and the west end Byllesby Wednesday afternoon.
Birds of note were a pair of male American Wigeon at 180th and a pair of Greater White Fronted Geese and a lone Snow Goose at Byllesby. Also found a Pied-billed Grebe in the pond near the church between 280th and 292nd along highway 56. Location: Dakota Co. - 180th St. Marsh Observation date: 3/26/08 Number of species: 16 Wood Duck - Aix sponsa 3 Gadwall - Anas strepera 6 American Wigeon - Anas americana 2 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 40 Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata 70 Northern Pintail - Anas acuta 5 Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca 4 Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris 5 Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis 6 American Coot - Fulica americana 25 Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus 1 Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestris 4 American Robin - Turdus migratorius 1 European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris 3 Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus 5 Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula 6 Location: Lake Byllesby, Dakota Co. Observation date: 3/26/08 Number of species: 14 Greater White-fronted Goose - Anser albifrons 2 Snow Goose - Chen caerulescens 1 Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 40 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 4 Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata 1 Redhead - Aythya americana 2 Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola 2 Ring-necked Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus 1 Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps 1 Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus 1 Northern Harrier - Circus cyaneus 2 American Coot - Fulica americana 120 Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon 1 American Robin - Turdus migratorius 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) - Derek Bakken
