Hi everyone, The Mute Swan was absent tonight. Anyone wondering about coming here for it, but waiting to see if it shows up again, let me know and I can e-mail you if I see it again rather than constantly posting and re-posting.
As far as migrants go, I had what I believe was a smallish white-phased Snow Goose at Wells tonight. The bill was longer than a Ross' petite bill, and the size was larger than the Mallards in the area. I have found that Ross' Geese are just slightly larger than Mallards, kind of like Cackling Geese. Also new tonight were a few Buffleheads and a couple of Greater Scaup. The latter I studied for awhile because I just want to be sure, and felt pretty comfortable calling them so. I got a bonus when I got home. My wife was out in our apt. building parking lot talking to our manager, and rather than go inside, I stayed outside with her because I had her keys (and it's SOOOOOO difficult going indoors on a day like this!), and a Turkey Vulture flew over! BONUS! My youngest daughter has decided to start keeping a life list, and it's been very fun helping her with that. I think she went over 50 tonight! Good birding! Dave Bartkey Faribault, MN [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
