Last year I predicted we would break a million mallards observed on the Minnesota CBC. Well I was right (1,005,541) so trust me when I say you will have a good time on this year's Christmas Bird Count. Slip on the wool socks and head to http://moumn.org/CBC/index.php and find a location or two or three. and then join up.
St. Paul North now leads Bloomington in the Metro Mallard Wars 174,525 to 170,081 and since last year the score was 169,661 to 165,065 it is evident that Bloomington had a net gain of 152. Not dramatic, but a comeback just the same. The Mallard becomes the 3rd species to break the million bird barrier behind the Canada Goose and the House Sparrow. The next candidate is.European Starling - currently at 700,156. At the current rate, the Starling will break the barrier in approximately 15 years. A quick look at the Recently Seen page on the website displays Ferruginous Hawk, Common Ground Dove, and Long-tailed Jaeger. Pomarine and Parasitic Jaegers have also been reported recently. Of these 5 species, precisely 0 have been seen on a Minnesota CBC. Feel free to contact me with any CBC related questions or visit http://moumn.org/CBC or http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/ Carl Greiner M.O.U CBC Coordinator 1616 Hill St. S.W. Chatfield, MN. 55923 507-271-8286 [email protected] <blocked::mailto:[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
