[mou] Surf Scoter - Brown County - 10/13/03

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10/13/03

Spent the day birding in SW Minnesota today with Conny Brunell and Leslie 
Marcus and we experienced mixed results, with the birds we tried to observe.  We 
started in Jackson County and from about 8:30 to 9:00am missed on the 
Black-headed Gull being observed at Spirit Lake.  After lunch we spent an hour walking 
the Red Rock Prairie, searching for Longspurs.  There were no birds of any 
kind present at the preserve during our visit.  Later in the day we visited the 
Sleepy Eye Sewage ponds and there observed 3 Surf Scoter fly into the front 
pond around 4:00pm.  The birds were still present at 5:30pm when we departed.  
Also present at the ponds were Baird's, Least and Pectoral sandpipers and 
Lesser & Greater Yellowlegs. There were also some American Pipits and Rusty & 
Brewers Blackbirds observed along the shore of the back pond.  Were are some of the 
species observed:

@ American White Pelican - Several 100 observed just East of the intersection 
of Jackson County Roads 4 & 2.
@ Surf Scoter
@ Hermit Thrush, Winter Wren, both Kinglets & Brown Creepers were observed at 
Mountain Lake Park in the Town of Mountain Lake in Cottonwood County.
@ Harris's Sparrows were observed in many locations within Jackson and 
Cottonwood Counties.  


Craig Mandel - EgretCMan@aol.com - Minnetonka, MN 

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<DIV>Spent the day birding in SW Minnesota today with Conny Brunell and Lesl=
ie Marcus and we experienced mixed results,&nbsp;with the birds we tried to=20=
observe.&nbsp; We started in Jackson County and from about 8:30 to 9:00am mi=
ssed on the&nbsp;Black-headed Gull being observed at Spirit Lake.&nbsp; Afte=
r lunch we spent an hour walking the Red Rock Prairie, searching for Longspu=
rs.&nbsp;&nbsp;There were no birds of any kind present at the preserve durin=
g our visit.&nbsp; Later in the day we visited the Sleepy Eye Sewage ponds a=
nd there observed 3 Surf Scoter fly into the front pond around 4:00pm.&nbsp;=
 The birds were still present at 5:30pm when we departed.&nbsp; Also present=
 at the ponds were Baird's, Least and Pectoral sandpipers and Lesser &amp; G=
reater Yellowlegs.&nbsp;There were also some American Pipits and Rusty &amp;=
 Brewers Blackbirds observed along the shore of the back pond.&nbsp;&nbsp;We=
re are some of the species observed:</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>@ American White Pelican - Several 100 observed just East of the inters=
ection of Jackson County Roads 4 &amp; 2.</DIV>
<DIV>@ Surf Scoter</DIV>
<DIV>@ Hermit Thrush, Winter Wren, both Kinglets &amp; Brown Creepers were o=
bserved at Mountain Lake Park in the Town of Mountain Lake in Cottonwood Cou=
nty.</DIV>
<DIV>@ Harris's Sparrows were observed in many locations within Jackson and=20=
Cottonwood Counties.&nbsp;&nbsp;</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial size=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" PTSIZE=3D"10"=
>Craig Mandel - EgretCMan@aol.com - Minnetonka, MN </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTM=
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