Maureen & stayed on the upstream Anoka side of the dam this morning.
Birds were sparse, except for swans, but we had some good finds that
brought us some much-needed smiles:
Bald Eagle - 1 adult, 2 imm., plus 3 in a small kettle
Great Blue Heron - 2 flying upstream
Sandhill Crane - heard 1 in flight
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Common Merganser - 1 in flight
Tundra Swans - Wow! 11 flocks (2 heard only), including 4 on the order
of 100 birds each
Wood Ducks - 3 pair in mostly-frozen larger pond, plus a few others in
flight
Common Goldeneye - 2 drakes
Scaup - 2 drakes
Northern Shrike - 1, providing very close views and showing us a cached
rodent; in field by smaller pond
Keep birding.
Ron Refsnider
Coon Rapids, MN
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