Area Bird Count December 13th, 2009
Hwy 42 (Plainview to Hwy 61) – Downy woodpecker, 2 kestrels, jays, 7 eagles
Hwy 61 ( 42 to Wabasha) – 6 blue jays, 3 eagles
Reads Landing – Blue Jay, hairy woodpecker, many ducks, geese, gulls, snow capped eagle nest, 106 eagles
Lake Pepin – 13 eagles
Wabasha Deck – 200+ merganzers, 100+ gulls, 1000s of ducks, snow on the bridge eagle nest, 57 eagles
Submitted by NEC Volunteers – Ron Laack and Judy Ashonmacher
Tags: Minnesota, National Eagle Center, Upper Mississippi River Refuge, Wabasha