[mou] Mud Lake Birds
Mark Otnes
markotnes@msn.com
Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:57:03 -0600
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I birded my way around Mud Lake early this afternoon (3/24). At Reservation
Dam between Lake Traverse and Mud Lake there was plenty of open water and
many thousands of Canada geese and at least 60 greater white-fronted geese.
The open water above the dam on Lake Traverse held the following:
Tundra swan - 1
Mallard - 60
Gadwall - 8
Redhead - 2
Ring-necked duck - 12
Lesser scaup - 20
Common goldeneye - 10
Hooded merganser - 3
Common merganser - 6
Herring gull - 1
American coot - 3
Moving north along the east side of Mud Lake I got a red-bellied woodpecker,
2 American kestrels, 4 bald eagles, and 1 red-winged blackbird.
The middle of Mud Lake had open water and again there were thousands of
Canada geese surrounding the open water. I could also hear the calls of
greater white-fronted geese coming from within the mass of Canada geese.
There were also large rafts of canvasbacks on the lake, plus good numbers of
mallards and common mergansers.
The Bois de Sioux River was open below White Rock Dam and it was covered
with Canada geese as far as the eye could see to the north. There were also
common mergansers, hooded mergansers, and mallards present.
Oddly, I didn't see any white geese, nor did I see them in Roberts, Day, or
Marshall Counties in South Dakota. They were however common at Tewaukon
Refuge in Sargent County, North Dakota.
Mark Otnes
Fargo ND
701-241-4194
markotnes@msn.com
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early this afternoon (3/24). At Reservation Dam between =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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font-family:Arial'>Ring-necked duck - 12<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Moving north along the east side of Mud Lake I got a
red-bellied woodpecker, 2 American kestrels, 4 bald eagles, and 1 =
red-winged
blackbird.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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thousands of
<st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
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geese surrounding the open water. I could also hear the calls of =
greater
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mergansers.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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and it
was covered with <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
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geese as far as the eye could see to the north. There were also =
common
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present.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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see
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w:st=3D"on">Counties</st1:PlaceName> in <st1:State =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">South
Dakota</st1:place></st1:State>. They were however common at =
Tewaukon Refuge
in Sargent County, North Dakota.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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