The Bloomington Christmas Count tallied 61 species last Saturday; however, I await results from ten groups, which will likely add to this total.
Highlights were a White-winged Dove in Burnsville (likely a first Minnesota Christmas Count record); adult Franklin's Gull in near alternate plumage, as well as multiple Iceland, Thayer's and Glaucous Gulls (all at Black Dog power plant; Carolina Wren and Swamp Sparrow in Bloomington. Birds we often see, but missed on the count, include: Great Blue Heron, Green-winged Teal, Bufflehead, American Coot, Wilson's Snipe, Eastern Screech-Owl, Snowy Owl, Golden-crowned Kinglet, White-throated Sparrow, all blackbirds, Snow Bunting and Pine Siskin. Please e-mail me if you observed any of these species on Saturday. Thanks. Mark ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
