More great FOY birds today. Impressive numbers of A. Robins and Dark- eyed Junco are on the move and everywhere. Some foraging flocks numbered in the hundreds! Observed small flocks of starlings (6-20 birds) in many areas we visited today.
Raptor Totals Turkey Vulture-1 Northern Harrier-17 Bald Eagle-5 Red-tailed Hawk-3 Rough-legged Hawk-3 American Kestrel-13 Erskine-on the NE side of Oak Lake Eastern Bluebird-2-FOY Rydell NWR Gadwall-12-FOY Killdeer-26 (foraging with hundreds of Robin, Junco, and Starling) Red-winged Blackbird-1-FOY Common Grackle-6-FOY Western Meadowlark -3-FOY Glacial Ridge NWR Trumpeter Swan-7 C. Geese-hundreds Mallard-many Northern Pintail-2 FOY Greater Prairie Chicken-7 males on lek displaying for 2 visible hens. Also flights of 17, 5 and two groups of 3. Sandhill Crane-13 Killdeer-6 Mourning Dove-4 FOY Northern Shrike-2 Black-billed Magpie-4 Western Meadowlark-3 Kelly Larson Bagley/Bemidji Minnesota Eschew Obfuscation! The middle of Nowhere is Somewhere!
