4/29/17
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Old Cedar Avenue Bridge Trailhead 8 - 11:30 am Field trip Report There are lots of birds down at the Old Cedar Avenue Bridge. There are still a few species of Ducks on Long Meadow Lake and there was still a Sandhill Crane on the nest out from the board walk. There were also Shorebirds out from the board walk and on Kidder Marsh, which is just East of the parking lot. Warblers were also present in good numbers. Here are a few of the species observed by our group: Wood Duck Gadwall Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Horned Grebe Great Blue Heron Great Egret Cooper's Hawk Bald Eagle - Including some on there nest Sora - Heard only Sandhill Crane Killdeer Dunlin Pectoral Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Forster's Tern House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Northern Waterthrush - Heard only Nashville Warbler Palm Warbler White-crowned Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Note a complete list of the birds observed on our walk can be found on the EBird Web site. Here are the dates of some upcoming MNWR bird walks. The walks begin at 8:00 am and there is no fee for the walk. May 1 - Rapids Lake Unit - Education and Visitor Center May 7 - Bloomington Visitor Center May 13 - Bloomington Visitor Center May 15 - Louisville Swamp Unit May 16 - Bass Ponds These walks begin at 8:00 am. MRVAC Field Trips: May 4, 5 - SE Minnesota Birding Days May 9 - Carver Park Reserve May 14 - Ritter Farm Park - 8:30 am - Led by Cheri Fox For more information on these walks please contact me. 952-240-7647 Craig Mandel Hennepin County - Minnetonka [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
