I just returned from western Lac Qui Parle county where the waterfowl migration is well underway and the shorebird migration is just starting. But no Ruddy Ducks! Friday at Montevideo Minnesota River Bridge 35 American White Pelicans FOY Saturday morning at Sweetwater WMA, Bolson WPA and Bolland Slough at the intersection of county roads 12 and 9 over 2,000 geese, duck and coots including 3 species of merganser (I lost count on the ducks and coots after awhile) Canada Goose 24 Gadwall 9 American Wigeon 5 Mallard 45 Blue-winged Teal 10 Northern Shoveler 13 Green-winged Teal 2 Canvasback 145 Redhead 6 Ring-necked Duck 32 Greater Scaup 9 Lesser Scaup 2 Greater/Lesser Scaup 34 Bufflehead 13 Hooded Merganser 5 Common Merganser 2 FOY Red-breasted Merganser 6 FOY Double-crested Cormorant 5 FOY Bald Eagle 1 American Coot 287 all over Bolland's slough Red-winged Blackbird 23
Farrell WPA 1 mile south and 1/2 mile west Canada Goose 14 Gadwall 183 a lot of them American Wigeon 6 Mallard 54 Northern Shoveler 31 Canvasback 190 Redhead 23 Ring-necked Duck 58 Lesser Scaup 26 Greater/Lesser Scaup 56 Bufflehead 14 Northern Harrier 3 Pied-billed Grebe 6 FOY Song Sparrow 2 Goodman's slough 5 miles south of 212 SW of co. rd. 7 over 2,000 geese, ducks and coots (I counted) and the only Goldeneye and Ross's Goose I found Shakleford's slough 1 mile west and 1/2 mile north of Goodman's slough Canada Goose 10 Gadwall 12 Mallard 4 Blue-winged Teal 21 Green-winged Teal 10 Redhead 12 Ring-necked Duck 25 Greater Scaup 2 Lesser Scaup 12 Bufflehead 4 Pied-billed Grebe 3 Killdeer 1 Pectoral Sandpiper 11 FOY Northern Flicker 1 Vesper Sparrow 6 FOY Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 9 Salt Lake WMA Areas of ice in the middle covered with vegetation this was where the shorebirds were Snow Goose 2000 Lost count after 2000, on the water and ice. The Bald Eagle flew over Salt Lake which caused all the geese to call, fly around and them leave Canada Goose 600 Wood Duck 6 Gadwall 75 American Wigeon 12 Mallard 250 Blue-winged Teal 120 Northern Shoveler 540 really a lot of them Northern Pintail 132 quite a few for W MN Green-winged Teal 35 Canvasback 120 Redhead 56 Ring-necked Duck 50 Lesser Scaup 26 Greater/Lesser Scaup 50 Bufflehead 18 Bald Eagle 1 Greater Yellowlegs 4 FOY Lesser Yellowlegs 12 FOY Pectoral Sandpiper 53 Herring Gull 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 FOY Eastern Phoebe 1 American Tree Sparrow 6 Song Sparrow 3 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 18 Red-winged Blackbird 34 Western Meadowlark 1 I saw 10 others this one I heard Prairie Marsh Farm at the feeders on Sunday a 20 mph north wind caused a fall out of sparrows, juncos and grackles Mourning Dove 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 FOY Downy Woodpecker 4 Hairy Woodpecker 3 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3 Eastern Phoebe 1 Blue Jay 2 Black-capped Chickadee 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 American Robin 15 European Starling 6 American Tree Sparrow 15 Chipping Sparrow 2 Vesper Sparrow 2 Fox Sparrow 12 Song Sparrow 7 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 46 Red-winged Blackbird 7 Common Grackle 91 American Goldfinch 9 House Sparrow 3 Ken Larson ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
