4/5/13 Minnesota River Valley Audubon ChapterSibley County Birding dayField Trip Report Enjoyed a fun, but cold day of birding in Sibley county today. Our group observed 69 species of birds and here are some of the more interesting birds and locations where we observed them: Hillard Dehnning WPA - Located along CR 12, just South of the intersection of CR 27 and CR 12.8:45 - 9:35 amSnow Goose - Fly over flock of White and Blue morph Snow Geese.Tundra Swan - Fly over flocks of Tundra Swans.Waterfowl - Primarily dabbler's were observed in an open pond on the WPA. With Wood Duck, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Blue-winged Teal, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Common Merganser and Ruddy Duck's being observed there.Sandhill Crane - 14 Sandhill Cranes were observed in with the waterfowl at the WPA. We also observed the following birds at other locations in the county. Wild Turkey - Observed along CR 6, North of Henderson.Great Egret - One Great Egret was observed at the outflow of Washington Lake along Highway 25.Barred Owl - Observed along 300th St, about 1/2 mile SW of the town of Henderson.Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Observed in Le Sueur county at the Nye nature center along Highway 19.Eastern PhoebeNorthern Shrike - Observed in Le Sueur county at the Nye nature center.Winter Wren - Observed at the Rush River state Wayside.Ruby-crowned KingletHermit ThrushAmerican Pipit - 3 were observed along 200 th Street, about 1 mile East of CR 11.Lapland Longspur - A flock of about 100 birds was observed along 401st Ave, about 1 mile North of Highway 5.Rusty Blackbird - Both the Rusty and Brewer's Blackbird sightings were along 200th St, East of CR 9.Brewers Blackbird Western Meadowlark Craig [email protected], Hennepin 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
