10/1/2017
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Bass Ponds Field Trip Report Had a very enjoyable walk this morning at the Bass Ponds. There were Sandhill Cranes calling and lots of migrants on the move. Mixed in with a large raft of American Coots were some Gadwall, American Wigeon, Northern Pintail and Wood Ducks. There were also lots of Sparrows and a few Warblers and Ruby-crowned Kinglets observed in mixed flocks. Here are a few of the species observed by the group today; Trumpeter Swan Wood Duck Gadwall American Wigeon Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Pied-bill Grebe Great Blue Heron Great Egret Wilson's Snipe Belted Kingfisher Marsh Wren Orange-crowned Warbler Pam Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Dark-eyed Junco White-crowned Sparrow Harris's Sparrow White-throated Sparrow - mainly heard Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Here are the dates of some of my upcoming programs. MVNWR - Bird Walks October 3 - Rapids Lake Visitor Center October 9 - Bass Ponds October 14 - Rapids Lake Visitor Center October 28 - Bass Ponds November 11 - Bass Ponds All these walks begin at 8:00 am MRVAC - Field Trips October 5/6 Central Minnesota Birding Days Based in Little Falls October 26 - MRVAC Membership Meeting Held at the MVNWR Bloomington Visitor Center Greg Hoch - Minnesota DNR - The Greater Prairie Chicken 7:00 pm - Treats 7:30 pm - Meeting starts October 27 Sherburne County Birding Day 8:00 am Thanks, Craig Minnetonka, Hennepin County [email protected] 952-240-7647 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
