[mou] Is this News? Cattle Egret in Wauban, MN, Mahnomen Co.
Loegering, John
JLoegeri@mail.crk.umn.edu
Tue, 20 May 2003 15:06:09 -0500
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Greetings fellow ornithologists,
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A former student living in Wauban, MN has reported to me a Cattle Egret
hanging around town this past April. She has a good description and
photographs which seem to confirm the species identification. None of
the locals had see one before so I checked the County Occurrences of
Minnesota Birds (1996, by R.B. Janssen and A. X. Hertzel, Minnesota
Ornithologists' Union Occasional Papers No. 1). Cattle Egrets have been
seen in 64 counties in Minnesota, but NOT in Mahnomen, Norman, or
Clearwater as of 1996. =20
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I do not have ready access to back issues of the Loon to confirm that
cattle egrets have or have not been seen in Mahnomen County in the years
since Janssen and Hertzel 1996. Does anyone know off hand if this
sighting is newsworthy enough for an official documentation request from
MOU? =20
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Thanks for your patience and any response anyone might offer.
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John
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John P. Loegering, PhD=20
Certified Wildlife Biologist and=20
Assistant Professor, Natural Resources=20
Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources=20
University of Minnesota, Crookston=20
2900 University Avenue=20
Crookston, MN 56716-5001=20
218-281-8132=20
218-281-8050 fax=20
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ornithologists,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D113514619-20052003>A =
former student=20
living in Wauban, MN has reported to me a Cattle Egret hanging around =
town this=20
past April. She has a good description and photographs which seem =
to=20
confirm the species identification. None of the locals had see one =
before=20
so I checked the County Occurrences of Minnesota Birds (1996, by R.B. =
Janssen=20
and A. X. Hertzel, Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Occasional Papers No. =
1). Cattle Egrets have been seen in 64 counties in Minnesota, but =
NOT in=20
Mahnomen, Norman, or Clearwater as of =
1996. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=3D113514619-20052003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D113514619-20052003>I do =
not have ready=20
access to back issues of the Loon to confirm that cattle egrets =
have or=20
have not been seen in Mahnomen County in the years since Janssen and =
Hertzel=20
1996. Does anyone know off hand if this sighting is =
newsworthy enough=20
for an official documentation request from MOU? =
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class=3D113514619-20052003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D113514619-20052003>Thanks =
for your=20
patience and any response anyone might offer.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D113514619-20052003><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>John</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>John P. Loegering, PhD</FONT> <BR><FONT =
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size=3D2>Certified Wildlife Biologist and </FONT><BR><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>Assistant Professor, Natural Resources</FONT> <BR><FONT =
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size=3D2>Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources</FONT> <BR><FONT =
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size=3D2>University of Minnesota, Crookston</FONT> <BR><FONT =
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size=3D2>2900 University Avenue</FONT> <BR><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>Crookston, MN=20
56716-5001</FONT> <BR><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>218-281-8132</FONT> =
<BR><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2>218-281-8050 fax</FONT> <BR><FONT face=3DArial =
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jloegeri@umn.edu</FONT> <BR><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
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<BR><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Office: 204 Owen Hall</FONT> =
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face=3DArial size=3D2>and</FONT> <BR><FONT face=3DArial =
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Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology</FONT> <BR><FONT =
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size=3D2>College of Natural Resources</FONT> <BR><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>St.=20
Paul</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Travel is fatal to prejudice, =
bigotry, and=20
narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these=20
accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things =
cannot be=20
acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's=20
lifetime.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2> - Mark Twain, Innocents=20
Abroad</FONT> </P></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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