I passed through Grand Forks last night, and did some birding at Kellys Sloughs National Wildlife Refuge this morning. Highlights were a single GREATER YELLOWLEGS in addition to many waterfowl (7 Greater White-fronted Geese), two Bald Eagles, over 100 Tundra Swans and some Cackling Geese. I'm headed to western Oregon currently for the bird job, and will put up this morning's photos later on. I got some good ones of Tundra Swans flying overhead :)
Location: Kelly's Slough National Wildlife Refuge Observation date: 3/30/10 Number of species: 25 Greater White-fronted Goose 7 Cackling Goose 15 Canada Goose 1600 Tundra Swan 103 Mallard 50 Northern Shoveler 15 Northern Pintail 80 Green-winged Teal 2 Canvasback 33 Redhead 42 Ring-necked Duck 10 Lesser Scaup 8 Common Goldeneye 29 Common Merganser 1 Bald Eagle 2 Northern Harrier 1 Killdeer 3 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Ring-billed Gull 9 Herring Gull 3 Rock Pigeon 2 American Crow 2 Horned Lark 1 Red-winged Blackbird 25 Common Grackle 20 >From southeastern WI to Grand Forks, I've been keeping a brief and safe driving list... consisting of 11 Red-tailed Hawks, 2 Cooper's Hawks, 7 American Kestrels, 1 Turkey Vulture, and 1 raptor I just couldn't ID. I'll keep in touch on occasion throughout this spring/summer and let you know what I'm seeing out west. Good birdwatching, Erik Bruhnke NATURALLY AVIAN - Bird photography and guided bird hikes www.pbase.com/birdfedr [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
