Hoping to find some open water and lots of waterfowl, I spent the weekend birding primarily Grant county with a brief visit to Mud Lake and Traverse Lake in Traverse county.
Most of the lakes in this area are still primarily frozen. The open water that I did find had some waterfowl but was generally lacking in numbers and variety. Sunday brought an increase in waterfowl compared to Saturday. With several days of warm weather in the forecast, birding should pick up nicely in the coming week. For those looking to visit the North Ottawa Impoundment on the Grant/Traverse county line, be aware that it is almost completely dry. There is only a narrow band of water that rings the inside of the impoundment. Unless this changes there is no point in visiting here for "water" birds. It may be favorable for shorebirds in a few weeks, but I would make inquires first before going out of the way to visit here. Regards... ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
