Just after noon today I checked out Parkers Lake off of 6 in Plymouth on my
way home..
I had one Common Loon working the north side of the lake..
2 Trumpeter Swans
Some American Coots, few Wood Duck, Mallards, Tree Swallows flying around,
few Ring-billed Gulls, one Herring Gull, a Killdeer
The colonial nesting islands on two lakes in residential Fergus Falls
(Otter Tail Co) are back in business.
Lake Alice, the bigger lake in the north part of town, has two
islands. The bigger of the islands is now primarily the nesting
island for Double-crested Cormorants with nesting Great
John Hockema and Chris were here today confirming my sighting of a female
summer tanager at my platform feeder.
The bird visited all day today til about 3:00 P.M. My address is 22703 Oak
Hill Drive Spring Valley, Minn. I sent a picture to the rare bird gallery.
This past Saturday I had the opportunity to join a small group at a
Sharp-tailed Grouse lek north of Clearbrook. We spent 2 hours in the
blinds and enjoyed a great show. Some of the birds came in very
close, dance within 25-30 feet, making it well worth the discomfort
of intermittent snow s
Sunday morning our local radio station, KAXE Northern Community
Radio, passed along a birding alert called in by a listener.
Thousands of Sandhill Cranes along US2 at Glacial Ridge. They were
not there yesterday. We arrived around 2 PM and found that indeed,
there were thousands of cranes c
They have been there for the last week or so. They roost in some restored
wetlands just south and west of the croplands you described in your post.
It's pretty deafening just before dawn as they awaken. I actually estimate
that numbers are beginning to decline some from where they were a week ag
It was a grand day.
The day hadn't aged much when I took 26 sophomore and junior students
from NRHEG and their biology teacher for a bird walk around St. Olaf Lake
near New Richland. The students were delightful. We saw an amazing number of
birds. The crowd pleaser was a loon.
Later, I t
This morning I saw a Loggerhead Shrike in Two Harbors at the ball
field along CR 2, two blocks north of Highway 61. I watched it hunt
the fence line for about 10 minutes before it flew up high to the
west and out of sight.
Jim Lind
Two Harbors
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