Had a few new arrivals up here over the last two days. Swainson's Hawks have appeared around the Audubon Center of the Red River Valley/Agassiz Impoundment area. Vesper Sparrows are becoming increasingly common in Marshall county around the Off Channel Impoundment Loggerhead Shrike made an appearance at Parnell Impoundment this morning. Marbled Godwits are increasing throughout the area Trumpeter Swans continue at Parnell Impoundment Rusty Blackbirds continue at the Audubon Center of the Red River Valley Rough-legged Hawks are still hanging around in small numbers as well. I also had 2 juvenile Bald Eagles flying with an adult this morning
Below are the tallies from the surveys I ran yesterday and today. 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. *AO#4 Impoundment (Polk) 4/16/2012: *Killdeer 1 Canada Goose 36 Wood Duck 1 Gadwall 8 Mallard 114 Blue-winged Teal 98 Northern Shoveler 75 Northern Pintail 57 Green-winged Teal 110 Teal Spp. 60 Redhead 20 Ring-necked Duck 205 Greater Scaup 4 Lesser Scaup 2 Scaup Spp. 17 Bufflehead 18 Pied-billed Grebe 6 American Coot 2 Sandhill Crane 99 Northern Harrier 10 Black-billed Magpie 3 Sharp-tailed Grouse 1 American Kestrel Northern Flicker American Crow Common Raven American Robin Red-winged Blackbird Total: 27 Species *Off Channel Impoundment (Marshall) 4/16/2012: *Marbled Godwit 4 Canada Goose 18 Mallard 60 Blue-winged Teal 19 Northern Shoveler 7 Green-winged Teal 18 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Ring-billed Gull 5 Northern Harrier 1 Black-billed Magpie 5 Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Northern Flicker American Robin Vesper Sparrow 10+ Total: 15 Species *Parnell Impoundment (Polk) 4/17/2012:* Killdeer 7 Greater Yellowlegs 7 Marbled Godwit 14 Wilson's Snipe 1 Canada Goose 74 Trumpeter Swan 2 Tundra Swan 512 Gadwall 4 American Wigeon 12 Mallard 206 Blue-winged Teal 23 Northern Shoveler 10 Northern Pintail 45 Green-winged Teal 18 Ring-necked Duck 4 Scaup Spp. 4 Bufflehead 1 Hooded Merganser 4 Pied-billed Grebe 12 Double-crested Cormorant 20 American Coot 5 Sandhill Crane 300+ Northern Harrier 5 Belted Kingfisher 1 Bald Eagle 3 American Kestrel Northern Flicker Eastern Pheobe Loggerhead Shrike Common Raven American Crow Tree Swallow American Robin Yellow-rumped Warbler Song Sparrow Western Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Total: 39 Species Bill Blackburn Audubon MN Warren ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
