April Peace Update

[Chris]

April's weather has been very good up here but dry which is a concern for fires in the upcoming months. Birds are arriving in high numbers now compared to the beginning of the month.

Coyote taken at the beginning of the month



Rough-legged Hawks migrate through in fairly good numbers at the end of March to about the middle of April.



Yellow-headed Blackbird. They aren't too common up here anymore.





Grackles have arrived



Mule Deer



Mammal list 352 deer, one Red Fox, one Snowshoe Hare, one Black Bear 72 Elk, 17 Coyotes and 26 Moose

Species list so far

Snow Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Ruffed Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
American Coot
Killdeer
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Franklin's Gull
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Snowy Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Gyrfalcon
Northern Shrike
Canada Jay
Steller's Jay
Blue Jay
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
American Pipit
Bohemian Waxwing
Evening Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
White-winged Crossbill
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
House Sparrow