Date: 4/24/26 1:18 pm
From: Al Schirmacher <alschirmacher...>
Subject: [mou-net] Carlos Avery
Carlos Avery Refuge

Columbus Minnesota

4/24/26 8:45-11:40 AM


First of year birds asterisked


* Common Raven (first bird seen)

Northern Cardinal

Swamp Sparrow

Red-winged Blackbird

Blue Jay

Red-shouldered Hawk

Tree Swallow

Chipping Sparrow

Wood Duck

Brien Cowbird

Mallard

Black-capped Chickadee

Ring-necked Pheasant

Song Sparrow

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Downy Woodpecker

* Marsh Wren

Sandhill Crane

American Robin

Turkey Vulture

Ring-necked Duck

Brown Thrasher

* Sedge Wren

Canada Geese

Hooded Merganser

Northern Harrier

Blue-winged Teal

Northern Flicker

White-throated Sparrow

* Palm Warbler
* American Kestrel

Dark-eyed Junco

American Goldfinch

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

* Brewer’s Blackbird

Trumpeter Swan

* American Bittern
* Sora

Bufflehead

Northern Shoveler

Great Blue Heron

American Coot


43 species (plus muskrat & painted turtle)

Eight first of year, two county birds


Pictured are two (nesting?) coots & a departing harrier who, for some reason, kept landing in one spot next to the road


Al Schirmacher

Champlin Minnesota


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