Birded Dakota Co. late Saturday afternoon, ending up at Lake Bylessby. It
was pretty birdy with large flocks of Blackbirds flying. Lake Bylessby was
quiet. Thirteen species of waterfowl were counted there with a three more
added at 140th Street. the most common specie was probably the Common
I looked around Aitkin County this past weekend and came up with a few
interesting things.
2 SNOWY OWLS ( one along C.R.1 north of Aitkin and the other along
310th Ave. just south of Palisade--I received a message that a third
snowy was found dead along C.R.1, apparently electrocuted)
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I have updated my photo website with two more photos of the Gyrfalcon from
Hwy 47 in Hastings and photos taken today of Rin
Hello all,
The Gyrfalcon that has been previously spotted in Dakota County was
back in his usual spot today - perched on the poles right near mile
mark 216 on Highway 55 a few miles west of Hastings.
I got some good photos. It appears to be quite brown in color.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/d
Single bird flying over the 35w overpass. First for me this year
On a lead from Ben Fritchman, I birded Wilken County today. I counted
80 Greater Prairie Chickens, 11 Gray Partridge, a W. Meadowlark, more horned
larks than I could count, several N. Harriers, and saw a rough-legged hawk in
pretty much every tree. The best locations were between Lawndale and
There were very impressive numbers of birds on Lake
Pepin today. I counted 1,213 Bald Eagles between
Reads Landing and Wacouta, which represents the
highest reported count for the state. Also present
were 2499 Common Mergansers (although tens of
thousands gather here in fall, this is a new high
co
We had our first red wing blackbird of the year at our sunflower feeder all
afternoon!
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I saw the first red-winged blackbirds of the season here in Lauderdale, Ramsey
Co., yesterday, 3/11.
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How long are these waterfowl going to keep flying in to Lake Byllesby? =
I'm asking becuase our family is con
Haven't been out birding much at all this year, but in the last few days
I've had the following show up at my home in Otsego:
Red-winged Blackbirds (several more to join the one that overwintered in
my yard)
Song Sparrows (2 weeks earlier than they showed up in my yard last
year. This year: 3/
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This morning (Mar. 12) from 8-9 am. I found 21 species of waterfowl at the west
end of the lake including a flock of 700 Greater White-fronted Geese that were
departing as I arrived. I saw no Snow or Ross's Gees
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This morning there was a glorious sunrise at Lake Byllesby in Dakota County
with a backdrop that would make any canvas
enviable. From 6:30 am - 7:00 there was a conservative estimate of still 300+
Greater Whit
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