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Minnesota eBird Checklist S218258166

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Location Minnesota Valley NWR--Bass Ponds
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Owner Val Landwehr

Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  1
  • Distance:  2.8 mi

Checklist Comments

Spent about 2.5 hours doing a sky watch

Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 3.1.33

Totals

36
Species Observed
803 individuals

Observations

  1. Canada Goose

    Number observed:  37

  2. Trumpeter Swan

    Number observed:  62

  3. Tundra Swan

    Number observed:  177

    Details

    Flocks of 17, 25, 5, 60, and 70 swans flew over

  4. Wood Duck

    Number observed:  43

  5. Northern Shoveler

    Number observed:  5

  6. Gadwall

    Number observed:  3

  7. American Wigeon

    Number observed:  3

  8. Mallard

    Number observed:  128

  9. Green-winged Teal

    Number observed:  3

  10. Canvasback

    Number observed:  11

  11. Ring-necked Duck

    Number observed:  89

  12. Lesser Scaup

    Number observed:  20

  13. Bufflehead

    Number observed:  15

  14. Common Goldeneye

    Number observed:  55

  15. Hooded Merganser

    Number observed:  24

  16. Common Merganser

    Number observed:  12

  17. Ruddy Duck

    Number observed:  1

  18. American Coot

    Number observed:  3

  19. Sandhill Crane

    Number observed:  1

  20. Killdeer

    Number observed:  1

  21. Greater Yellowlegs

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Saw it briefly through my scope on the ice adjacent to the open water at the Hogback Pond outlet. It took off and I heard the three-note flight call a half a dozen times. Some of the calls were recorded.

  22. Ring-billed Gull

    Number observed:  6

  23. Bald Eagle

    Number observed:  1

  24. Red-bellied Woodpecker

    Number observed:  2

  25. Downy Woodpecker

    Number observed:  3

  26. Hairy Woodpecker

    Number observed:  1

  27. Blue Jay

    Number observed:  2

  28. American Crow

    Number observed:  5

  29. Black-capped Chickadee

    Number observed:  3

  30. White-breasted Nuthatch

    Number observed:  1

  31. American Robin

    Number observed:  15

  32. House Sparrow

    Number observed:  1

  33. American Tree Sparrow

    Number observed:  2

  34. Red-winged Blackbird

    Number observed:  57

  35. Common Grackle

    Number observed:  3

  36. Northern Cardinal

    Number observed:  7