Snow is quickly melting and the river trail at Rapids Lake MVNWR is either
covered with less than an inch of snow or bare. There was a nice variety on
another rather dreary morning(did have a few glimpses of the sun).
Rapids Lake complete list
Canada
Goose 12
Trumpeter Swan 2
Tundra Swan 35(migrating flock)
Wood Duck
Gadwall 100
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal 1
Northern Shoveler 30
Green-winged Teal 16
Redhead 10
Ring-necked Duck 150
Lesser Scaup 25
Bufflehead 12
Common Goldeneye 30
Hooded Merganser
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe 1
American White Pelican 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Northern Harrier 1 female
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 5
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 100
Ring-billed Gull 20
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet 21
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 9
Hermit Thrush 13
American Robin
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8 (6 male and 2 female)
American Tree Sparrow 10
Vesper Sparrow 3
Savannah Sparrow 2
Fox Sparrow 20
Song Sparrow 16
Dark-eyed Junco 50
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark 2
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
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