[mou-net] waconia
Went to Waconia - Pacific Loons were there! 3 - 2 left at abt 11 - other might be there still? saw also on Waconia Buffleheads Lesser Scaup Common Goldeneye Coots Ring Bill Gulls 3 Red Br Mergansers Downy Nice//Brown Creeper at the Cemetary Red Bellied WP Cardinal Blue jay Am Goldfinches Waxwings Chicadees Junco Eagle at the Arboretum by the Lake 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] Waconia, Carver County
I had a male Eastern Bluebird work his way across the yard today, a big surprise for me as we are on the shore of Lake Waconia in a primarily wooded lot FOY and new yard bird, too! The rookery on the island in Lake Waconia is quite active with Great Blue Herons, haven't seen any Egrets yet. The lake is still ice covered, but not for long. A new crack formed today near shore, probably from the wind blowing toward the north shore. Maybe it will open before all the W-F geese have moved on, but doesn't seem too likely. Mark LaRose 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] Waconia
Spent some time looking around the lake early this PM. One Surf Scoter was seen in the southeast area, then it flew to the northeast area where it was seen again about an hour later. As there were a lot of users on the lake (primarily sail boarders and parachute boarders using the high winds) the loons were confined to mostly watchable areas of the lake. Little other than a few scattered one, twos, or threes were in the eastern and southern areas of the lake. The northwestern area of the lake had one flock of better than 20 loons and several other scattered birds in other areas. Total probably some 45-50 loons were still on the lake and all were clearly Common Loons. There could have been others that I couldn't see because, as most of you know, there are areas of the lake that are simply not visible from the limited 8-10 access points. Dennis and Barbara Martin Shorewood, MN dbmar...@skypoint.com Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
