At the west end of Lake Byllesby, highlights were some blue-winged teal among the green-winged, fox sparrow among the song and tree sparrows, and a low flyover of about 40 tundra swans. Lots of eagles were present, along with the several species of dabblers and divers already reported by others.
Further upriver, just east of the bridge, there was flock of bufflehead going through courtship ritual---head-bobs, full neck-extension, outright physical battle between males, pairings, and copulation---most fascinating for Sue (Plankis) and me to witness at close range, from behind tall grasses and some clusters of tree trunks along the bank. We could hear the usual and/or expected birds in the trees, including an active kingfisher, brown creeper, bluebirds, etc., but we were pretty riveted to the bufflehead performance! Linda Whyte ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
