Not as much open water as I expected at Cedar Ave. Bridge - good news was the birds were concentrated.
*Great Egret* on 'beaver pond' near parking lot - And I had decided not to bring my camera - Big mistake! Missed a great photo op as it perched on a snag. At turn-off trail to boardwalk: *E. Phoebe* - FOY *Fox Sparrow* - FOY Birded briefly w/ Bruce Baer on the boardwalk and we saw: * Green-winged teal *- only saw 1 briefly then could not relocate* Common Merganser Blue-winged Teal N. Shoveler Am. Coots L. Scaup Common Goldeneye G. B. Heron Ring-necked ducks Eagle on nest Wood Duck **Ring-billed Gulls* *Herring Gull *-immature *Canada Geese **Mallards* At Bass ponds: 2 flyover flocks of *swans-* sounded like cranes to me so I think they were *Tundras* (FOY) *Common Loon* - 2 on Hogback Ridge pond *Red-breasted Merganser* - FOY - 1 male on pond *Ruddy Duck* - FOY - 3 on pond - 2 males, 1 female *Belted Kingfisher* - FOY *Pie-billed Grebe* - FOY - 2 on pond *Blue-winged Teal* In the smelly mud out on the lake: *N. Harrier* *Am. Coots Green-winged Teal L. Scaup Ring-necked Ducks* Of course lots of *Red-wing blackbirds*, *Song Sparrows *and *robins* at both spots -- Sincerely, Jim Ryan on St. Paul's Westside 651-308-0234 business cell "A man who dares to waste an hour of time has not discovered the value of life." - Charles Darwin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080406/e482efca/attachment.html
