The Snow Geese reported by David Zumeta are still present at 6:15pm. They are on the Hennepin side of the island and currently best viewed from the top of the bluff by using the road/sidewalk behind the Minnesota Veterans Home. With the change in winds tonight, maybe they'll stick around.
Gregg Severson Minneapolis On Tue, Mar 8, 2016, 16:15 Dave Zumeta <[email protected]> wrote: > Earlier this afternoon Lee Pfannmuller and I observed 2 Snow Geese on both > the Hennepin County and Ramsey County sides of the Mississippi River below > the Ford bridge between Minneapolis and St. Paul. I first saw the birds at > 2:10 p.m. swimming right below the bridge near the western river bank. They > later swam across the river, and from 2:45-2:50 p.m. flew in circles over > the area, finally landing near the east side of the island immediately > south of Lock and Dam # 1. I last saw them at 2:55 p.m., when they were > loafing on the sand beach on the east side of the island with 17 Canada > Geese. They were clearly visible from the Ford Dam Scenic Overlook that is > located 1/4 mile north of the Ford bridge and Ford Parkway on Mississippi > River Boulevard in St. Paul, Ramsey County. It is quite unusual to see Snow > Geese in this area, especially swimming in the river. Other species of > interest in the vicinity of the Ford bridge included 1 scaup (species > uncertain), 4 Common Mergansers, 1 Peregrine Falcon, and 2 Bald Eagles. > > Between 10:00 and 11:30 a.m., I saw 10 species of ducks plus 2 Killdeer > (flying north) from the east side of the Mississippi River in Coon Rapids > Dam Regional Park (Anoka County) from the dam north to a small stream that > enters the river about 1/2-2/3 mile north of the dam. Ducks, many of which > were near the eastern shoreline, included the following: > > 6 Mallard > 3 Northern Shoveler (flying north) > 2 Gadwall > 2 Redhead > 47 Ring-necked Duck > 100 Lesser Scaup (several definitely were Lesser Scaup) > 3 Common Goldeneye > 9 Bufflehead > 2 Hooded Merganser > 1 Common Merganser > > Also saw a Common Grackle flying over Rt. 252 several miles south of the > park. > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
