I took the "scenic route" home from Big Lake today, after seeing the white-winged scoter, and wandered along some of the lesser-traveled county roads, finding some FOY birds, as well as a LOT of waterfowl.
On Big Lake: Common Loon Horned Grebe American White Pelican - flying over Double-crested Cormorant - flying over Ring-billed Gulls On Eagle Lake, along CR 75: Common Merganser - abundant Eared Grebe - abundant Lots of waterfowl Marsh at CRs 3 & 23 west of Santiago Waterfowl - abundant Double-crested Cormorants Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs Other birds: Wilson's Snipe Virginia Rail Hermit Thrush (several) Tree Swallow Yellow-headed Blackbird Brown Creeper Yellow-rumped Warbler Chipping Sparrow Lark Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Ruby-crowned & golden-crowned Kinglets Benton County - in my yard: Brown Thrasher! Betsy Beneke Benton 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
