Saw 60 species today (April 20) at the MNVNWR headquarters and at Old Cedar Avenue bridge. The latter involved walking 1.0m to 1.5 miles west of the parking lot, and then a 90 degree left along a running stream down toward the open water. This is where the swan and most of the ducks, loons, grebes, and gulls were seen. Water proof boots are recommended. Highlights include:
Tundra Swan 1 12 species of ducks, including good numbers (20+) of Wood Duck, N. Shoveler, 20 Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, and Common Merganser Common Loon 2 Pied-billed Grebe 4 Horned Grebe 1 male in breeding plumage Great Blue Heron 12+ Great Egret 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Bald Eagle 2 N. Harrier 1 Sandhill Crane 3 (in marsh below MNVNWR headquarters) Franklin's Gull 2 Ring-billed Gull 300+ Herring Gull 10+ Barred Owl 3, (all calling, two at once below MNVNWR headquarters) N. Flicker 1 Brown Creeper 3 (one singing) Winter Wren 3 (one singing lightly) Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 4 Hermit Thrush 20+ (most I have ever seen in 31+ years of Minnesota birding) Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Am. Tree Sparrow 10+ (at and on hill below feeders at MNVNWR headquarters) Fox Sparrow 30+ (25+ at and on hill below feeders at MNVNWR headquarters, most I have ever seen in one day) Song Sparrow 10+ Swamp Sparrow 4 White-throated Sparrow 2 Dark-eyed Junco 40+ Purple Finch 1 (at feeder at MNVMWR headquarters) Pine Sisken 3 Dave Zumeta ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
