Saturday in western LQP county was a cool sunny day with 7" of recent snow still on the ground. Most wetlands had some open water with large areas still covered with ice. Two Forester's Terns west of Hutchinson 11 A. Kestrels along the way 12 Killdeer along the way Mostly White-fronted Geese flying but some Snow's and Canada Geese Sweetwater WMA and Farrell WPA cnty rds 9 and 12 4,000-5,000 ducks and geese 3,000 + White-fronted Geese 120 Cackling Geese 1 Common Goldeneye 100's of Mallards BW and GW Teal A few N. Shovelers and Wood Ducks Gadwalls Ring-hecked Ducks and some Scaup Redheads Only a few Canvasbacks Salt Lake 2 Trumpeter Swans and one Gadwall Haydenville WMA 5,000-6,000 ducks and geese 4,000 + Malllards 152 male Pintail Mix of other ducks Driving rural roads 1 Hermit Thrush 127 Meadowlarks Many flocks of A. Tree Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos, Common Grackles and Red-winged BB 6 Bald Eagles 5 Red-tailed Hawks 1 Copper's Hawk 1 E. Phoebe Song, Fox, Chipping, Savannah Sparrows Snow Buntings, Lapland Longsprus, Horned Larks No shorebirds yet. No Ruddy Ducks. Ken Larson
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