March 23, 2009 Spent the morning birding with a group in Dakota county. Here are some of the locations we stopped at and the species observed there.
Cliff Fen Park - We started here, but were unsuccessful in our try for American Woodcock. Spring Lake Park - Archery Range Trail System - We were able to see American White Pelicans and all three types of Mergansers here, but there were only Canada Geese present from 8:00 - 9:00am. Prescott area - No waterfowl present, just lots of Ring-billed Gulls. Hastings - Lake Rebecca - Great Egret, Great Blue Heron Highway 47 and Goodwin Ave - Waterfowl - 1000+ Mallards, plus a few other species of Ducks 170th St E & 180th St E - between Highway 52 and Goodwin Ave - Sandhill Crane, Tundra Swan, plus a mix of 100s of Ducks. Craig Mandel egretc...@msn.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
