Today Chad Gustafson and I went birding SW in search of early geese
and waterfowl. The highlight may have been finding an early Common
Loon at the gravel pit quarry ponds a couple miles north of Luverne
just east of Hwy. 75 (just south of Blue Mounds State Park). There was
also a total of 19 Ross's Geese at this location, as well as flocks of
Greater White-fronted and Snow Geese flying overhead.
Other highlights from today:
-10 Great-tailed Grackles (3 males, 7 females) along Hwy. 86 in
Jackson County just north of CR 4
-single Ross's Goose at this same location
-Mixed flock of Greater White-fronted, Snow, Ross's, and Cackling
Geese totaling around 8,000 birds along Hwy. 86 a couple miles north
of Lakefield in Jackson County
-Bald Eagles in Jackson, Rock, and Murray County (including 12 on one
small lake in Murray)
Most of the lakes were still frozen, but the majority of sewage ponds
and small bodies of water were ice-free.
Bob Dunlap, Nicollet County
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