Between 5 and 6:30 pm, on the west side of Lake Byllesby (accessed from Hwy 88, 1/4 mi. east of Randolph, on a trail from the pullout), I saw most of what Jim Mattson saw in his previous report this am, except for the Sandhill Cranes and the hawks:
I added Bufflehead and and Red-breasted Merganser to the ducks I saw yesterday. Due to Michael Mann, who arrived later at this location, and pointed them out, I saw 2 White-fronted Geese and the Ross's Goose that Jim reported, though neither of us had seen his post yet. Michael had seen a Northern Pintail earlier. About 200 of the geese lifted off, including the Ross's Goose, and it was great fun to see the little goose flying among the gigantic geese. We also found at least 20 Cackling Geese among the hundreds of Canada Geese that had originally landed. We saw only 6 Tundra Swans. Many of the Canada Geese were taking off as I left, and there were skeins of geese everywhere in the sky, some flying at very high. Laura Coble ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
