[mou-net] Metro birds tonight
Hello Birders, I had time to hit a few spots on the way home: *Bass Ponds* - hogback pond Pie-billed Grebe - 1 (FOY) Lesser Scaup - 1 Am. Robin - 2 Common Merganser - 1 Bald Eagle -2 *Fort Snelling SP *Redhead - 3 (FOY) Barred Owl - 1 **Trumpeter Swan - 28 Canada Goose - 10 Mallard - 10 *Kaposia Landing* (Ramsey side) Wild Turkey - 1 Tom on Concord Ave. Great Blue Heron - *THIRTY SIX *- that is the most I've ever seen in one spot at one time Common Merganser - 50plus Bald Eagle - 4 I was hoping to spot a Black duck but had no luck -- Sincerely, Jim Ryan Saint Paul's Westside One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken. -* Leo Tolstoy* A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty. - *Lucius Annaeus Seneca* Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Metro birds
I had an enjoyable day traveling down from Ely, where it is still winter, to the twin cities area, where I could finally see some migrating birds. While much would be redundant, I will mention my stop at the north end of Lake Vadnais (the road is closed to driving, but you can walk in). There, in the relatively small patch open water, was a Common Loon; in the woods on the north side of the lake was a Golden Crowned Kinglet and a Saw-Whet Owl. On the way down,near Hinkley, I saw about 100 swans, 75 Common Mergansers, and a few Snow Geese. In the metro, I found about 10 species of waterfowl this afternoon at various locations. Kyle TePoel Ely Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
