It was another great morning at Rapids Lake MNWR. Despite the northwest winds,
today saw the best blackbird movement of the spring. That isn't saying a
whole lot since blackbird movement has been pretty sparse. The male Purple
Martin was perched late this morning on a road sign near the intersection of
Engler Blvd and Hwy. 212 in Chaska.
Rapids Lake MVNWR select count
Snow Goose 1 (single white form calling and flying with 2 Canada Geese low just
above tree line)
Canada Goose ~30
Trumpeter Swan 2
Wood Duck 28
Gadwall 8
American Wigeon 4
Mallard ~35
Blue-winged Teal 2
Ring-necked Duck ~120
Greater Scaup 7
Lesser Scaup ~30
Common Goldeneye 11
Hooded Merganser 20
Common Merganser 6
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 1
American Coot 1
Sandhill Crane 4
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 10
Fox Sparrow 7
Song Sparrow 5
Red-winged Blackbird 250+
Eastern Meadowlark 6
Rusty Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 21
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Purple Finch 2
Along 150th St south of Cologne there were Canada Geese, Mallard, and Hooded
Merganser that I could identify in the water. The Western Meadowlark were
back along 150th St.along with a small flock of Grackle.
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