Shorebirds have finally arrived in NW MN. 20 species were seen 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 Valley Impoundment (Polk/Marshall Counties): Immediately north of the Audubon Center of the Red River Valley. NOT to be confused with Agassiz NWR.
Agassiz Valley IS open to 4-wheel drive vehicles Agassiz Valley Impoundment: Common Loon 1 Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe 4 FOS Eared Grebe 2 Western Grebe 7 Doubled-crested Cormorant American White Pelican 2 Great Blue Heron 4 FOS Great Egret 1 Trumpeter Swan 1 Canada Goose Snow Goose 1 Greater White-fronted Goose 12 Gadwall Wood Duck 2 Mallard American Wigeon Northern Pintail Blue-winged Teal Green-winged Teal 2 Northern Shoveler Greater Scaup 3 Lesser Scaup 2 Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Bufflehead 3 Ruddy Duck 2 Hooded Merganser 2 Northern Harrier American Kestrel Sharp-tailed Grouse 1 Mourning Dove Sandhill Crane 1 Sora 6 heard American Coot Killdeer Semipalmated Plover 10+ FOS Black-bellied Plover 6 Upland Sandpiper 3 Greater Yellowlegs 2 Lesser Yellowlegs Marbled Godwit 50+ Hudsonian Godwit 2 Western Willet 2 Spotted Sandpiper lots but spread out Dunlin 3 Pectoral Sandpiper ~30 Baird's Sandpiper 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 4 Least Sandpiper 60+ Stilt Sandpiper 1 Short-billed Dowitcher 1 Wilson's Phalarope 40+ Red-necked Phalarope 3 Franklin's Gull Ring-billed Gull Forester's Tern 6 FOS Black Tern 15+ Short-eared Owl 1 Least Flycatcher 1 FOS Western Kingbird 1 Eastern Kingbird 2 Northern Flicker Blue Jay American Crow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Tree Swallow Marsh Wren European Starling Vesper Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Song Sparrow Savanna Sparrow Western Meadowlark Bobolink Brewer's Blackbird Red-winged Blackbird Yellow-headed Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Common Grackle American Goldfinch 83 Species with 0 warblers Additional Species seen or heard at the Audubon Center: American Bittern 1 seen Eastern Pheobe Downy Woodpecker House Wren Black-capped Chickadee American Robin Veery 1 Swainson's Thrush Grey-cheeked Thrush Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher Ceder Waxwing 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Blackpoll Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Tennessee Warbler Yellow Warbler Northern Waterthrush Eastern Towhee 1 male Lincoln's Sparrow Chipping Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Harris's Sparrow Baltimore Oriole 26 Additional Species Warren: Cooper's Hawk Rock Pigeon Chimney Swift House Finch House Sparrow Total 114 Species Bill Blackburn Minnesota Audubon Warren, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
