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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>2/27/2016<BR> <BR>Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge<BR>Wilkie Unit<BR>8:00 - 11:00 am<BR> <BR>Bird Walk<BR> <BR>Had an enjoyable walk at the Wilkie Unit this morning. With lots of Waterfowl and some singing song birds. There were some flocks of Canada Geese that we observed migrating through and the pair of Bald Eagles were on there nest on the SE side of Fisher Lake. There's a large area of open water on Blue Lake and we observed 10 species of Waterfowl there.<BR> <BR>Here are a few of the species we observed on the walk:<BR>Trumpeter Swan<BR>Gadwall<BR>Northern Shoveler<BR>Redhead<BR>Ring-necked Duck<BR>Lesser Scaup<BR>Bufflehead<BR>Common Goldeneye<BR>Common Merganser<BR>American Tree Sparrow<BR> <BR>Craig Mandel<BR>Minnetonka, Hennepin County<BR><a href="mailto:EgretCMan@msn.com">EgretCMan@msn.com</a><BR> <BR>We will also have walks at the Refuge in March on the following dates:<BR>March 5 - Saturday - Bass Ponds<BR>March 19 - Saturday - Rapids Lake Unit<BR>March 28 - Monday - Bass Ponds <BR>All these walks begin at 8:00 am. There are no fee's charged for these walks and they are open to the public.<BR> </div></body>
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