Date: 4/29/26 5:31 am From: linda whyte <0000004e7b0e779a-dmarc-request...> Subject: [mou-net] Rachel Lilly Preserve, Dakota C, 4/28/2026
A walk yesterday morning with 6 or 7 people, detected over 30 species present. Here is a compiled list of species seen and/or heard. (Many thanks to Cassandra for e-birding and sharing her list, and to everyone in the group for their patience and perseverance in the chill air.) Bald Eagles (on nest and flyover) Great Blue Heron (flyover) Belted Kingfisher Canada Goose Mallard Blue-winged Teal Wood Duck Hooded Merganser Eastern Bluebird BlueJay American Robin Northern Cardinal American Crow American Goldfinch sparrows: Song, Field, and White-throated Black-capped Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch Woodpeckers: Downy, Hairy, Red-bellied, Pileated (heard) Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Ruby-crowned Kinglet Rose-breasted Grosbeak Cedar Waxwing Yellow-rumped Warbler HEARD: Purple Finch, Eastern Towhee, Eastern Phoebe, ALSO SEEN: possible Common Yellowthroat, possible Blue-headed Vireo, Hawk (species unknown) Linda Whyte
