[mou] 1213 Bald Eagles at Lake Pepin

[Karl Bardon]

There were very impressive numbers of birds on Lake
Pepin today. I counted 1,213 Bald Eagles between
Read’s 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
count for spring), 59 Hooded Mergansers, 4
Red-breasted Mergansers, approximately 500 Common
Goldeneyes, and several hundred mixed Aythya divers.

Gulling was excellent in Goodhue County at the north
end of Lake Pepin and at Colvill Park, including 1200
Ring-billeds, 368 Herring, 3 adult Thayer’s, a
second-cycle Glaucous, a first-cycle Iceland, and two
Lesser Black-backeds: a third-cycle and an adult. Both
the Iceland and the third-cycle Lesser Black-backed
were seen from the rest area at the north end of the
lake near Hansen’s Harbor, while the Glaucous and the
adult Lesser Black-backed were at Colvill Park. The
first-cycle Iceland is a different individual than the
one present in the Twin Cities last January.

Karl Bardon


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