On my first trip to Waseca County since last fall, my main mission was to check on Red-necked Grebes for the DNR. I found four on Goose Lake (south side of US 14, E of Waseca. Mott Lake used to be a hot spot for RNGR, but no more. A Western Grebe and a few duck species were also on Goose Lake.
At Senn-Rich WMA (4.5 mi S of Waseca, W side of MN 13), a Bell's Vireo sang a few times in the SE corner of the WMA. W of the parking area, a one-year-old male Orchard Oriole was singing. I saw one Red-headed Woodpecker at a place where I have often seen one or two in recent years: on CR 22, 0.3 mi W of CR 4. One Western Meadowlark was singing at the U of M grassland (which was being mowed) E of CR 27, S of CR 2. Did not see a Swainson's Hawk. (If anyone knows of any in Waseca County, please let me know.) Did not see a crow. Did not get to Courthouse Park or Maplewood Park. Wind was strong. Julian St. Paul -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080613/add427dc/attachment.html
