[mou] Carver County

[John Cyrus]

This morning the wind was more of a bother to me than to the birds.  Carver Park was fairly quiet, but the Osprey has returned to the stand as you turn onto the road leading to the nature center.   Both Coopers and Sharp-shinned Hawks were in the area.  Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Meadowlarks, Phoebes, Fox Sparrow, and Bluebirds have increased in numbers.  Still very little ice-free water in the park.  Ring-necked Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Wood Duck, Egrets, and Great Blue Heron were in the ponds.
 
The highlight at Carver Parks was not even a bird.   There was a River Otter sliding on the ice from King Blind.
 
Next stop at the wetlands near the Chevalle neighborhood in Chaska turned up a single Horned Grebe.  Otherwise numbers were up over this past weekend including more Scaup, Ring-necked Duck, Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser, Coot, and a single Canvasback.  
 
Chaska Lake is completely free of ice, but was empty of any ducks save for a pair of Wood Ducks and Mallard.   Around the lake, there was a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, a Brown Creeper and a small mixed flock of Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Yellow-rumped Warblers.   
 
Other hawks in a few areas,  Peregrine Falcon near the intersection of Audobon Rd and 212 in Chaska, American Kestrel in Carver Park, Turkey Vulture at Chaska Lake, Osprey at Chaska Lake, and 3 adult Bald Eagles in different locations.
 
John
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