Thought I would share with you all, since Crex is just across the border... ____________________________ Debbie Waters Education Director Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory P.O. Box 3006 Duluth, MN 55803-3006 218.428.3539 [email protected] www.hawkridge.org
Bringing kids and birds together. Over 7,000 times in 2008. Become a MEMBER and support our educational efforts! "I'm an early bird and I'm a night owl, so I'm wise and I have worms." - Michael Scott, The Office -----Original Message----- From: Wisconsin Birding Network [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Debbie Waters Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 1:01 AM To: Wisconsin Birding Network Subject: [wisb] Burnett County, Crex Meadows , 4/4/09 Hi folks, Had a relaxing spring afternoon of birding at Crex Meadows today--I love to sit and watch ducks almost as much as raptors. :-) The ice has really receded since a friend was there on Monday-most water is almost completely open and the waterfowl is starting to move in. Today everything was pretty concentrated in the flowages in the southern half of Crex. A lot of Canada Geese and Mallards, plus a liberal sprinkling of Ring-necked Ducks. I managed to scrape up a few handfuls of Green-winged Teal, two pintails, two coots and one Pied-billed Grebe. We nearly always had at least one Rough-legged Hawk in view, plus there were a lot of Northern Harriers (all close enough to age were adults) and Bald Eagles. We watched two balds (one adult, one immature) working the waterfowl pretty tenaciously on Phantom Lake in the late afternoon. A stooping Bald Eagle is really impressive! And of course a Merlin had to get in on the action, harassing the eagles. Cranes aren't really plentiful yet. While I didn't keep count, we definitely saw less than two dozen. Swans were more plentiful--a few dozen at least, but since I didn't bring my scope I could only make positive ID's on the closer ones, and all of those were trumpeters. Oh, and my first Western Chorus Frogs of the year. Now I KNOW spring is here! My complete list: Location: Crex Meadows Observation date: 4/4/09 Number of species: 33 Canada Goose X Trumpeter Swan X Wood Duck 4 American Black Duck 2 Mallard X Northern Pintail 2 Green-winged Teal X Ring-necked Duck X Common Goldeneye 2 Hooded Merganser X Pied-billed Grebe 1 Great Blue Heron 4 Bald Eagle X Northern Harrier X Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Rough-legged Hawk X American Kestrel 5 Merlin 1 American Coot 2 Sandhill Crane X Killdeer 1 Mourning Dove 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Shrike 2 Blue Jay X American Crow X Black-capped Chickadee X Eastern Bluebird X American Robin X American Tree Sparrow X Fox Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco X Red-winged Blackbird X This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) ____________________________ Debbie Waters Education Director Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory P.O. Box 3006 Duluth, MN 55803-3006 218.428.3539 [email protected] www.hawkridge.org Bringing kids and birds together. Over 7,000 times in 2008. Become a MEMBER and support our educational efforts! "I'm an early bird and I'm a night owl, so I'm wise and I have worms." - Michael Scott, The Office ############################## This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[email protected]>. To UNSUBSCRIBE, E-mail to <[email protected]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[email protected]> Send administrative QUERIES, E-mail to <[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
