[Mnbird] Golden-crowned Kinglets, Red-breasted Mergansers, Lilydale Rd, Ramsey C end

[linda whyte]

This morning there was a mix of waterfowl on the eastern ends of Pickerel
Lake. Most of the species had been present in Dakota County earlier,
including the Common Loon, but the half dozen Red-breasted Mergansers were
first-of-year for me. Their slim beaks and necks, rounded heads and
double-spiked rear head- crests caught attention easily.
Further east , on the clay-pit trail, Golden-crowned Kinglets were foraging
in the trees, one of them at eye level just a few feet away. They also
showed up in our Randolph Heights neighborhood this afternoon.
Stopping to watch a very close Brown Creeper, I discovered a Barred Owl
with serious injury, most likely a car-strike. One wing was bloodied and
seemed broken. I was without raptor rescue gear, so a call to the Raptor
Center was in order. Thanks go out to whoever went on the rescue.
Linda Whyte
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