Over 100 American White Pelicans are staying at the Colvill Park bay, along with a large number of Double-crested Cormorants. They are feeding on the plentiful fish in the bay. At Bay Point Park, a small group of Red-breasted Mergansers arrived and demonstrated courtship behavior as they swam around the bay. Across the river bridge, large numbers of other waterfowl continue for now, including Blue-winged Teals, Canvasbacks, Redheads, Hooded Mergansers, and Ring-necked Ducks.
Also today, we saw the resident pair of Peregrine Falcons have their first egg in their nest box at the top of the Red Wing Grain building. A live camera shows the inside of the nest and can be viewed through the Raptor Resource Project website: https://www.raptorresource.org/.
Double-crested Cormorants on their way to Colvill Park in Red Wing
Blue-winged Teals feeding across river bridge from Red Wing
Red-breasted Mergansers visiting Red Wing on their way north
Red-breasted Mergansers showing courtship behavior when they visited Red Wing
