Some new waterfowl arrived, including Northern Shovelers, Green-winged Teals, Hooded Mergansers, and others. Noisy Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles are seen around marshes and in trees. American Robins are here…
In blizzard conditions, Red Wing received over 8 inches of wet heavy snow that stuck to everything. Luckily, none of the local eagle nests were taken down by the storm.…
The local eagles are updating their nests in preparation to lay eggs. Few migrant eagles remain in the area. Red Wing in under a Winter Storm Warning with blizzard conditions…
Bay Point Park has more eagles. We saw about ten there this morning. Warming temperatures should melt the ice in the bay at Colvill Park in the next few days,…
Colvill Park had only a few eagles perched around the frozen bay today, but about a dozen eagles were at the river channel fishing, along with many mergansers. The river…
With the cold weather and the Xcel Energy plant shutting down, the bay at Colvill Park has completely frozen over. The few remaining eagles have to look for fish elsewhere,…
This morning we counted at least 30 eagles at Colvill Park. Perhaps the fresh snow cover and lower temperatures brought them back to the park. There were five eagles sitting…
Today, I counted only a handful of eagles at Colvill Park, and the same at Bay Point Park. Yesterday, eagles fought against gusty winds to fly over the river and…
I traveled north to Sax-Zim Bog and the North Shore for a couple days while eagle number here remain low. I saw my first Boreal Owl and another Great Gray…