[Mnbird] MRVAC - Isanti County Birding Day - Field Trip Report - April 13, 2017
CRAIG MANDEL
EgretCMan at msn.com
Fri Apr 14 05:50:14 CDT 2017
April 13, 2017
Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter
Isanti County Birding Day
Field Trip Report
The highlight of the day, was the Lesser Black-backed Gull found in with a large flock of Ring-billed and Herring Gulls along CR 5, just East of Lever St. NE. The bird was observed at the top of the hill on the North side of the road at 8:45 am and remained in this area until 9:15 am. At that time it appeared to have gone out of site over the hill, or was blocked from view by other Gulls. There was also a first year bird, which was briefly observed that was also likely a Lesser Black-backed Gull.
Other species of interest were the large numbers of waterfowl on Green Lake & South Stanchfield Lake. 20 species of Waterfowl were observed on the two lakes, with the only expected species of Duck missing was the Green-winged Teal.
For land birds, we walked at Irving & John Anderson park. Where we observed a few Yellow-rumped Warblers, both species of Kinglets and Brown Creepers. At Wayside Prairie Park we added Hermit Thrush and Red-breasted Nuthatch.
Here are a few of the species observed:
Greater Scaup - nice looks in with Lesser Scaup on Green Lake.
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
American White Pelican
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Eastern Phoebe
Common Raven
Winter Wren
Purple Finch
Additional checklists from the day can be found on EBird.
Craig Mandel
EgretCMan at msn.com
Minnetonka, Hennepin County
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