[mou] Red-throated Loons still present at Garrison Bay

[Warren]

Today, Bill Stauffer and I birded around the area and found quite a few 
interesting birds.  First, the RED-THROATED LOONS  are still present in 
Garrison Bay.  We watched them for quite a while as they swam from 
within the bay in Crow Wing County and then further out into the lake 
into Aitkin County.  Other birds of interest include: 2 BLACK-BILLED 
MAGPIES, 2 SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and a MERLIN on 
County Road 1. And on County Road 18: NORTHERN SHRIKE, 5 GRAY JAYS, 
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, SNOW BUNTINGS, COMMON REDPOLLS, and maybe as 
many as 100 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS. The crossbills seemed to everywhere 
along the road, feeding on the cones, pecking gravel on the road and 
drinking water in the ditches.   Warren Nelson