Thanks, Craig! It was great to bird with you again. Laura and I checked Bass Ponds (after warming up a bit :-). We had repeats on the Green-winged Teal and other waterfowl, but also found Northern Pintail, just east of the outlet from the trout stream. Good birding to all, Linda Whyte
On Mar 27, 2017 12:46 PM, "CRAIG MANDEL" <[email protected]> wrote: > 3/27/17 > > > Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge > > Old Cedar Avenue Bridge Trailhead > > 8 - 11:30 am > > > It was fun to get a group back down to the Old Cedar Avenue Bridge. There > are still lots of Ducks on Long Meadow Lake and the Sandhill Cranes were > also very cooperative today. Our group observed 39 species of birds and > here are a few of the highlights: > > > 13 species of Waterfowl, including: Trumpeter Swan, Wood Duck, American > Black Duck, Northern Shoveler Canvasback, Lesser Scaup and Bufflehead. > > Great Blue Heron > > Great Egret - Observed in flight > > Northern Harrier > > Bald Eagle - Including some on there nest > > Sandhill Crane > > Mourning Dove > > Belted Kingfisher > > Eastern Phoebe > > American Tree Sparrow > > Dark-eyed Junco > > Common Grackle > > > Here are the dates of some upcoming MNWR bird walks. The walks begin at > 8:00 am and there is no fee for the walk. > > April 2 - Bass Ponds > > April 3 - Old Cedar Avenue Bridge > > April 10 - Old Cedar Avenue Bridge > > April 11 - Rapids Lake Unit > > April 15 - Old Cedar Avenue Bridge > > > Craig Mandel > > Hennepin County - Minnetonka > > [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 > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
