Tuesday evening I checked the inlet and outlet of the Mississippi River on Lake Bemidji.
Outlet Activity: Eastern Phoebe, 1 FOY Song Sparrow, 1 FOY heard only Junco, 1 A. Robin, many Red-winged Blackbird, 7 Belted Kingfisher, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 2 Mallard, 6 Common Goldeneye, many Hooded Merganser, 8 Trumpeter Swan, 2 Canada Geese, many Great Blue Heron, 2 Raven, 2 Inlet Activity: (a nice flock of gulls on the ice, but I didn't have the scope) Pied-billed Grebe, 2 Canada Geese, many Common Merganser, 2 Hooded Merganser, 8 Bufflehead, 3 Mallard, 4 Common Goldeneye, at least a dozen Scaup sp., 5 Red-winged Blackbird, 4 Common Grackle, 3 Kelly Larson Bagley/Bemidji Minnesota Eschew Obfuscation! The middle of Nowhere is Somewhere!
