Over nearly 5 hours at Rapids Lake MVNWR I was able to find 70 species. I
covered the south loop, Rapids Lake trail, and hunting areas west of Rapids
Lake. Since this past Thursday(birded each day) at Rapids Lake I found a total
of 81 species. On the mammal side of things, I saw my first Mink of the year
Friday and my first River Otter of the year today. Throughout the spring
when there was snowcover you could see signs of the otter with their tracks and
slide marks. A complete list of birds seen today is below with some counts.
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Ring-necked Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl 2
Barred Owl 2 heard only
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker 12
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe 9
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 39
Eastern Bluebird 3
Hermit Thrush 5
American Robin
European Starling 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 20
American Tree Sparrow 4
Chipping Sparrow 3
Field Sparrow 9
Vesper Sparrow 2
Fox Sparrow 11 (numbers decreasing)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow 1 (saw 3 yesterday)
White-throated Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco 10
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch
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