[mou] Cedar Ave. Bridge
Leodwm@aol.com
Leodwm@aol.com
Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:20:18 EST
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Hello all.
We stopped by the old Cedar Ave. Bridge in Hennepin county today to see what
was there. The minute we got there we spotted our first Fox Sparrows for
this year near the parking lot, along with a few other sparrows. (Tree and Song)
Then we walked out to the closed bridge to see what was there and saw a huge
flock of ducks. Here's a list of all of them:
Red-Breasted Merganser, 2 males diving in the back of the group.
Common Merganser, quite a few males and females.
Redhead, we only saw one male.
Canvasback, one singular male drifting around.
1 American Widgeon
1 Gadwall
1 Shoveler
A few male and female Bufflehead
A huge number of Scaups, Ring-Necked Ducks, and Coots with an occasional
Mallard and Pied-Billed Grebe.
While we were watching the ducks, the Pileated Woodpecker flew up to a
telephone pole and a Phoebe showed up.
We then went up the trail leading to the left of the parking lot as you
enter with a friend of ours and spotted our first Golden-Crowned Kinglet, which
was quite surprising. There were two Blue-Winged Teals in the little pond to
the left. We continued up the trail all the way til a little after going under
the big bridge. There was another Kinglet on the way there just after the
pond to the right, which had a huge flock of Ring-Necked Ducks. We went under
the bridge and spotted a few Hooded Mergansers and Buffleheads, but nothing
exciting. On our way back we spotted a immature Bald Eagle.
We met our friend again and checked out the lake from the bridge lookout
again, but I compiled the sightings in with the first batch.
All in all, it was a great day for us, even though it was dreary and
drizzled off and on.
Good birding!
- Leo WM
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<DIV>Hello all.</DIV>
<DIV>We stopped by the old Cedar Ave. Bridge in Hennepin county today to see=
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what was there. The minute we got there we spotted our first Fox Sparrows fo=
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this year near the parking lot, along with a few other sparrows. (Tree and S=
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Then we walked out to the closed bridge to see what was there and saw a huge=
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flock of ducks. Here's a list of all of them:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Red-Breasted Merganser, 2 males diving in the back of the group.</DIV>
<DIV>Common Merganser, quite a few males and females.</DIV>
<DIV>Redhead, we only saw one male.</DIV>
<DIV>Canvasback, one singular male drifting around.</DIV>
<DIV>1 American Widgeon</DIV>
<DIV>1 Gadwall</DIV>
<DIV>1 Shoveler</DIV>
<DIV>A few male and female Bufflehead</DIV>
<DIV>A huge number of Scaups, Ring-Necked Ducks, and Coots with an=20
occasional Mallard and Pied-Billed Grebe.</DIV>
<DIV>While we were watching the ducks, the Pileated Woodpecker flew up to a=20
telephone pole and a Phoebe showed up.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>We then went up the trail leading to the left of the parking lot as you=
=20
enter with a friend of ours and spotted our first Golden-Crowned Kinglet, wh=
ich=20
was quite surprising. There were two Blue-Winged Teals in the little po=
nd=20
to the left. We continued up the trail all the way til a little after going=20
under the big bridge. There was another Kinglet on the way there just after=20=
the=20
pond to the right, which had a huge flock of Ring-Necked Ducks. We went unde=
r=20
the bridge and spotted a few Hooded Mergansers and Buffleheads, but nothing=20
exciting. On our way back we spotted a immature Bald Eagle.</DIV>
<DIV>We met our friend again and checked out the lake from the bridge lookou=
t=20
again, but I compiled the sightings in with the first batch.</DIV>
<DIV>All in all, it was a great day for us, even though it was dreary and=20
drizzled off and on.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Good birding!</DIV>
<DIV>- Leo WM</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>
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