Tonight was overcast and we saw little activity. Only 8 cranes spotted in two groups, none will be roosting.  Two Northern Harriers are still working the marsh and many ducks remain in the open water.  We had two small groups of starlings and blackbirds.  It snowed yesterday and a little remains on the ground.  But it will burn off in the next few days and we expect temperatures to be in the high 30’s so we’ll likely count next week.

Crane counters:   Ross Green, Gary Siegrist, and Steve Jerant
Compiler:  Steve Jerant
Submitted by Steve Jerant

Crane Count:  0 (8 total observed)
Species count:  21

22 Canada Goose

4 American Wigeon

200 Mallard

4 American Black Duck

30 Ring-necked Duck

4 Hooded Merganser

8 Sandhill Crane

2 Northern Harrier

1 Bald Eagle

1 Red-bellied Woodpecker

1 Downy Woodpecker

3 Northern Flicker

3 Blue Jay

1 White-breasted Nuthatch

1 Carolina Wren

20 European Starling

2 Eastern Bluebird

16 American Robin

2 Dark-eyed Junco

1 White-throated Sparrow

25 Red-winged Blackbird

Number of Taxa: 21

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S97642896

You can view past postings and historical crane counting data on the Haehnle web site at http://www.haehnlesanctuary.org/crane-count.