At about 4:15PM Friday, I spotted a female-type Long-tailed Duck at Minneiska
along the Mississippi River near the Winona County line. Most of the river has
iced up, but there are some nice poskets of open water close to the Minnesota
shore. The state line runs quite close to the shore here, and it is likely
that the bird started in WI waters, but flew to join a nice mix of divers,
including about 50 Canvasback, 20 Lesser Scaup (it was getting too dusky and
windy for me to pick out a Greater) and numerous Common Mergansers and Common
Goldeneye. Bennett Ave. parallels Hwy 61. It was along the western portion of
Bennett Ave., near the big blue wall mural (can't miss it) that I was scanning
from.
Dedrick BenzWinona, MN
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