The sky was full of Common Nighthawks at dusk yesterday. We counted about 2 dozen on the west side of the Agassiz Valley impoundment. The impoundment has water - and shorebirds, cranes and waterfowl have started to move. A handful of White Pelicans and Great Egrets are still hanging around.
The Middle-Snake-Tamarac Rivers Watershed District has opened the impoundment to cars for wildlife viewing. The new 1-way loop is an improved gravel road on top of the dike. Enter at the northwest corner gate (210th Street NW) a mile south of MN Hwy 1 - and exit the dike at 200th Street. The road is wide enough for 2 vehicles and there's a parking pull-off at the 1/2 mile point. Please do *not *drive off the gravel road onto the embankment. The remaining 3+ miles on dike is gated and closed to vehicles without a permit. However, the Watershed District will allow access to members of Agassiz Audubon Society who volunteer to uplink their checklist to eBird. If you would like to participate in data collection, please contact me in advance (via email) to make arrangements pick up the gate key. Thanks! Heidi Hughes Warren MN 218.745.5663 http://www.facebook.com/AgassizAudubon ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
