[mou] Birding in Brainerd
Matthews, Will A.
Will.A.Matthews at supervalu.com
Mon Apr 14 14:03:46 CDT 2008
I went birding in Brainerd with a small crew on 4/12/2008. We were
birding on private property (with permission), as well as checked some
public spots in and around the area of about 5 miles around the Green
Lantern Tavern. The snow had all melted prior to Thursday but during
the storm they had over 20" of snow in some places. Despite the massive
snow on the g our team had a GREAT birding experience.
We saw 23 species:
Purple Finch
Black-Capped Chickadee
Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Downy Woodpecker
Dark-eyed Junco
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
Sandhill Cranes
American Crows
Great Blue Heron
Robins (large flocks)
Mallards
Hairy Woodpecker
Ring Necked Ducks
Wood Ducks
Canada Goose
Red Wing Black Bird (Sound only)
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay (Sound only)
Tundra Swan
Northern Flicker
White-Breasted Nuthatch
Merlin
Rock Doves
Among some of the cooler things we saw:
#1: A pair of sandhill cranes doing their mating dance
#2: A merlin hunting at a nearby feeder. I had never seen a group of
nuthatches stay so still for so long
#3: A migrating flock of water fowl which included a pair of tundra
swans
Will Matthews
Business Analyst
Front End Support
Chanhassen Home Office
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