Earl Orf and I went to Deer River this morning to see how waterfowl migration might be progressing.
Trumpeter Swans, Canada Geese, Common Goldeneyes, Hooded Mergansers, Mallards, and Wood Ducks were all present in varying numbers along the Mississippi River. We also found several Common Mergansers on the Prairie River in Grand Rapids. There were a couple of Northern Shovelers and several Killdeer on the Grand Rapids wastewater ponds. There was a flock of Snow Buntings with some Lapland Longspurs and what I think was at least 1 Horned Lark flushed at the rice paddies west of Deer River. Red-winged Blackbirds, Grackles, and American Robins were fairly easy to come by. We also had a singing Purple Finch, an Osprey along Hwy 2 west of Cohasset, a Northern Harrier on Cedar Rd west of Deer River, and a Red-tailed Hawk along 169 near Bovey. Finally, we found 2 Gray Jays, at least 8 Boreal Chickadees, and an unidentified flyover woodpecker that I think was a Three-toed at the bogs along Old Hwy 6 north of Deer River. -- Shawn Conrad http://users.2z.net/itasca_chippewa_birding/ ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
