4/10/2017
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Long Meadow Lake Unit Old Cedar Avenue Bridge Trailhead Waterfowl continues in good numbers on Long Meadow Lake and there was also a mixed flock of Kinglets and Yellow-rumped Warblers. There was also a female Black Scoter present on Long Meadow Lake. The bird was observed out from the observation deck. Here are a few of species we observed and note a complete can be found on Cornels EBird web site: Northern Shoveler - Still present in large numbers Canvasback Redhead Lesser Scaup Black Scoter - Single female bird present on Long Meadow Lake Ruddy Duck Horned Grebe Bonaparte's Gull - Flyover Eastern Phoebe Tree Swallow Brown Creeper Ruby-crowned Kinglet Yellow-rumped Warbler Fox Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Here are the dates of a few of my upcoming walks. April 11 - Rapids Lake Unit - Visitor Center April 15 - Old Cedar Ave. Bridge April 17 - Old Cedar Ave. Bridge April 24 - Rapids Lake Unit - Visitor Center April 29 - Old Cedar Ave. Bridge These walks begin at 8:00 am. MRVAC Field Trips: April 13 - Isanti County Birding Day May 4, 5 - SE Minnesota Birding Days May 9 - Carver Park Reserve For more information on these walks please contact me at: 952-240-7647 Craig Mandel Minnetonka - Hennepin County [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
