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Black Dog Unit    
August 7, 2011 (Craig's Walk) Black Dog Unit, Cliff Fen Trailhead: We saw our first Willow Flycatcher (calls) and Bell's Vireo (calls) and much more. 初めて、Willow Flycatcher (calls) と Bell's Vireo (calls)を見ました
January 31, 2010 (George & Anne's Walk) Trumpeter Swans 真冬にもかかわらず、幸運にも、4羽の白鳥に出くわしました; Otter Tracks + Videos 川ラッコの足跡
2009 Baby Great Horned Owl in the nest

Early Spring
(A Park Ranger led the walk) We attended a walk to see a spectacular "sky dance" (watch a video) of the male American woodcock several years ago
Fall 2005 Pelicans

 
Bloomington Ferry Unit
August 28, 2011 (Craig's Walk) Our first visit here!   Fall bird migration season gets under way  秋の渡り鳥の季節です   Wood Warbler (New World Warbler)    アメリカムシクイ類(新世界ムシクイ類)

Bloomington Visitor Center
February 4, 2012 (Craig's Walk) House Finches, a European Starling, Four Deer, a Sharp-shinned Hawk (?)
November 26, 2010 Examples of Bird Species Seen in the Minnesota Winter Months

Chaska Unit  
September 4, 2010 (David*'s Walk) About 100 Leopard Frogs, three Garter Snakes, and lots of mosquitoes.

Long Meadow Unit   Old Cedar Avenue Trailhead
March 18, 2012 (Craig's Walk): Fox Sparrow, Cardinal pair, two Bald Eagles perching side by side, Cooper's Hawk, young Red-tailed Hawk, Canada Geese, Goldfinches, Turkey Vultures, Green-winged Teals, Blue-winged Teals, Mallards, Northern Shovelers, Gulls, Coots, Canvasback, Ring-necked Ducks, Red-winged Blackbirds
March 3, 2012 (Craig's Walk) Bald Eagles, a Red-tailed Hawk, a male* Northern Harrier, Common Mergansers, Robins, Northern Cardinals (calls), Trumpeter Swans, Crows, a Beaver Lodge  
November 20, 2011 (Craig's Walk) a Shrike, Hooded Mergansers, a Herring Gull, a Goldeneye
November 12, 2011 (Craig's Walk) Bubbles under the thin ice, Green-winged Teal,
Northern Pintails
September 10, 2011 (Craig's Walk) Fall colors just begin
April 17, 2010 (Craig's Walk) Trumpeter Swan's Nest on the Beaver Lodge 

Louisville Swamp Unit
August 14, 2011
(George & Anne's Walk)
August 14, 2010
(George & Anne's Walk)
(Craig's Walk)
Owl Walk in the evening

Rapids Lake Unit

August 21, 2011 (George & Anne's Walk)
June 4, 2011 (Craig's Walk)

Wilkie Unit 
Feb. 25, 2012 (Craig's Walk) Red-tailed Hawks, A Bald Eagle, Trumpeter Swans, Buffleheads, Goldeneyes, Gadwalls, Grebes, American Black Ducks, last year's nests of Blue Herons, a Deer, a Coyote, Muskrat lodges, Snail Shells
November 15, 2011 (Craig's Walk) White Lines on Tree Barks 木の幹に見られる白い線?Saw a flock of about 40 Tundra Swans flying in a V-formation, an eagle eating prey on a muskrat lodge
, Gadwalls
September 17, 2011 (Don's Walk) A spider gets a grasshopper クモが、バッタをクモの巣で捕獲
March 22, 2003
Minnesota River and Blue Lake - Blue Heron Rockery


Naturalists Craig Mandel, George Skinner, Anne, and Don volunteer for the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge.
Naturalist David True, a naturalist, then worked for the MN Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Rapids Lake Unit. Now he works for the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge Complex, in Texas.
modified: March 3, 2012
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