Sorry for some of these late postings. I've had trouble getting my internet working. I just moved out here to do survey work for Minnesota Audubon and will try to post on a regular basis.
A note on locations (since many of them are new): The impoundments are open to the public but may not always be open to vehicles Audubon Center of the Red River Valley (Polk County): Formerly Wetlands, Pines, and Prairie Audubon Sanctuary. South on Marshall 36/Polk 68 from Minn 1 east of Warren Agassiz Impoundment (Polk/Marshall Counties): Immediately north of the Audubon Center of the Red River Valley. NOT to be confused with Agassiz NWR. Off Channel Impoundment (Marshall County): 4 miles north of Minn 1 on 240th. 280th is 2 miles east of the turn for the Audubon Center AO#4 Impoundment (Polk County): Polk 68 South from the Audubon Center till it dead ends at Polk 23. Head south 1 mile then east 1 mile. Euclid East Impoundment (Polk County): 1.5 miles east of Euclid on Polk 19 Parnell Impoundment (Polk County): Takes US 75 south out of Euclid to Polk 17 east. Impoundment is on the north side of the road 2.5 miles east of US 75. Species seen (earliest dates/sites used, numbers are for week): Common Loon 1 4/7/12 Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge (Marshall) Pied-billed Grebe ~10 4/3/12 Agassiz Impoundment Horned Grebe 4 4/5/12 Agassiz Impoundment Red-necked Grebe 2 4/7/12 Farmes' Pool, Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge American White Pelican 9 4/2/12 Agassiz Impoundment (not relocated) Double-crested Cormorant 1 4/5/12 Agassiz Impoundment Great Blue Heron 5 4/2/12 Marshall County Turkey Vulture 4 4/3/12 Audubon Center of the Red River Valley Greater White-fronted Goose 12 4/2/12 -4/7/12 Agassiz Impoundment (not seen today) Snow Goose 8 4/2/12 Agassiz Impoundment (several "blues", one possible Ross's, no longer present) Canada Goose Abundant Tundra Swan Abundant Reliable at Agassiz Impoundment Wood Duck 4 3/30/12 Marshall County, 4/3/12 Agassiz Impoundment, 4/7/12 Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge Gadwall Common in low numbers 4/2/12 Agassiz Impoundment American Wigeon Common Mallard Abundant Blue-winged Teal Low numbers 4/4/12 AO#4 Impoundment Green-winged Teal Abundant Northern Shoveler Common Northern Pintail Common Canvasback Common Redhead Common Ring-necked Duck Abundant Greater Scaup Common Lesser Scaup Common Bufflehead Common Common Goldeneye 2 4/4/12 AO#4 Impoundment Hooded Merganser 10 4/2/12 Agassiz Impounment, 4/7/12 Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge Bald Eagle 4 4/2/12 Agassiz Impoundment (one on nest) Northern Harrier Abundant Rough-legged Hawk Common around Agassiz Impoundmnet and the Audubon Center of the Red River Valley American Kestrel Abundant Peregrine Falcon 2 4/6/12 Just west of Agassiz Impoundment and the Audubon Center of the Red River Valley Prairie Falcon 1 US 75 between Warren and Euclid Sharp-tailed Grouse Common around the impoundments Greater Prairie-Chicken 7 Lekking in the north-west vicinity of Parnell Impoundment American Coot 3 4/8/12 Agassiz Impoundment Sandhill Crane Abundant Killdeer Common Greater Yellowlegs Small numbers (under 5) present at both Agassiz and Euclid Impoundments daily Lesser Yellowlegs 1 4/5/12 Agassiz Impundment Wilson's Snipe Common. Best seen at the Audubon Center of the Red River Valley or along Polk 68 Franklin's Gull 5 4/7/12 Thief River Falls Sewage Ponds and Thief Lake (1) Ring-billed Gull Common at Thief River Falls Sewage Ponds Herring Gull 1 4/7/12 Thief River Falls Sewage Ponds Rock Dove Abundant Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 Euclid Mourning Dove Small numbers throughout Marshall County Great Horned Owl 1 4/2/12 Agassiz Impoundment (seen from Polk 68) Short-eared Owl Abundant along Polk 68 between the Audubon Center of the Red River Valley and the Marshall County line Snowy Owl 1 4/3/12 Frequently reported in the vicinity of Sherack but can be hard to locate Belted Kingfisher 1 4/7/12 Vicinity of Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge (along detour route if coming from west) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 4/7/12 Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge Downy Woodpecker 2 4/5/12 Audubon Center of the Red River Valley Hairy Woodpecker 1 4/7/12 Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge Northern Flicker Abundant Pileated Woodpecker 1 4/3/12 Just north of Parnell Impoundment Eastern Pheobe 5 4/3/12 Audubon Center of the Red River Valley Blue Jay 1 4/2/12 Oslo Black-billed Magpie Common in low numbers American Crow Abundant Common Raven Uncommon Horned Lark Common Black-capped Chickadee 1 4/5/12 Audubon Center of the Red River Valley White-breasted Nuthatch 1 4/5/12 Audubon Center of the Red River Valley Brown Creeper 3 4/5/12 Audubon Center of the Red River Valley Winter Wren 2 4/3/12 Audubon Center of the Red River Valley Golden-crowned Kinglet Common at the Audubon Center of the Red River Valley Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 4/5/12 Audubon Center of the Red River Valley Hermit Thrush 6 4/5/12 Audubon Center of the Red River Valley American Robin Abundant European Starling Abundant American Tree Sparrow Still common at the Audubon Center of the Red River Valley and Agassiz Impoundment Fox Sparrow Common at the Audubon Center of the Red River Valley Song Sparrow Abundant Swamp Sparrow 1 4/4/12 AO#4 Impoundment Dark-eyed Junco Abundant at the Audubon Center of the Red River Valley Lapland Longspur 3/30/12 Large flock in ag fields west of Warren Red-winged Blackbird Abundant Western Meadowlark Common Rusty Blackbird 8 4/5/12 Audubon Center of the Red River Valley Brewer's Blackbird 2 4/6/12 Mixed flock near Sherack Brown-headed Cowbird 1 4/6/12 Mixed flock near Sherack Common Grackle Abundant House Finch Common in Warren Pine Siskin 1 3/30/12 Warren House Sparrow Warren Bill Blackburn Warren, MN Marshall County ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
