1/14/2011 Alyssa DeRubeis and I were able to relocate some of the recent sightings around the Twin Cities today. Here are some of the species we observed.
Scott County American Kestrel - along highway 13 Wild Turkey - along highway 13 Wilkie Unit & Blue Lake water treatment plant Trumpeter Swan Gadwall American Black Duck Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser American Coot Belted Kingfisher Veteran's Park Tundra Swan Schroeder Acres Park Wood Duck Redhead Hooded Merganser Morning Dove American Robin Dark-eyed Junco Dakota County Rough-legged Hawk or Red-tailed Hawk - There was a dark morph Buteo, on one of the tall light towers in the SE corner of the intersection of Hyw. 13 & Hyw. 77. The bird was viewable from the parking area next to the U-haul Trailer company. From the views we had, we were unable to confirm which species it was. If anyone has observed this bird and can confirm its identification, please let me know. Hennepin County Minnesota Valley NWR - Bloomington Visitor Center Red-bellied, Downy, Hairy and Pileated Woodpeckers, at there feeding station. Ramsey County Rough-legged Hawk - Observed at the previously posted location and sitting on one of the pipes as mentioned. Northern Shrike - Long Lake Regional Park - near the parking area for the beach. Townsend's Solitaire - Previously posted location, South of the parking area for Vadnais/Snail Lakes Regional Park, on CR F. Craig Mandel Hennepin County [email protected]<mailto:[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
