Hi Bob,
I found few ducklings in surveying for the atlas out in Lac qui Parle,
Yellow Medicine, and Lincoln along the Dakota border. I also had an
unsolicited comment that ducklings were scarce from a farmer/birder from
that area, who said he had heard that from others. Canada Geese gooslings
were abundant.
Steve Weston
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From: "Robert P Russell" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 2:10 PM
Subject: [mou-net] Appleton BBS route results
Run 9 June. This route runs westward through Swift County SW of Benson,
then north to the Pomme de Terre River bridge N of US 12. This is a very
enjoyable route made better this year by all the flooded fields. This year
it's easy to tell where many of the drained wetlands once were. Six species
of waterfowl was a record high and the usual Upland Sandpiper field held a
Marbled Godwit instead. I found 648 individuals of 71 species. Highlights
included a courting Wild Turkey showing his stuff to a rather unimpressed
hen, Black-billed Cuckoo, 6 species of flycatchers, good numbers of both
orioles, and 2 Grasshopper Sparrows. Chipping Sparrows were a very low 2
and Sedge Wrens only 3. Fifteen Y-H Blackbirds were a record high.
Uncommon species found for this route included Brewer's Blackbird, Chimney
Swift, Bald Eagle, and Cardinal. Local farmers said they had never seen so
many drake Mallards hanging around in their fields which might portend of a
good duck breeding season. Bob Russell, USFWS
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