I had a pleasant afternoon at Killdeer Plains yesterday. There was cloud cover initially but then it was a beautiful late afternoon. Although it wasn't super birdy, I picked up a few new birds for the year & thoroughly enjoyed listening to the Tundra (& Trumpeter) Swans. Canada Geese already nesting.

N Pintail FOY

Wood Duck FOY

Gadwall

Mallard

Tundra Swan FOY--mostly distant but at least 100

Trumpeter Swan

Horned Lark--singing

Tree Sparrows--some large flocks

Song Sparrow

Red-winged Blackbird

N Harrier

Rough-legged Hawk--2 light morphs

Red-tailed Hawk

Bald Eagles, at least 8 with a couple adult pairs near their nests

Am Kestrel

Sandhill Cranes (heard but not seen)

Peggy Wang

Granville

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