[mou] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Dakota County
Julian Sellers
JulianSellers@msn.com
Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:03:52 -0500
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St. Paul Audubon's "Sparrows Plus" field trip this morning to the Pine =
Bend area along the Mississippi turned up a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher =
near the entrance to Spring Lake Regional Park (Schaar's Bluff). We =
found it at 10:15, hawking insects from the utility wires where Idell =
Road turns west along the southern edge of the park. Idell goes north =
from County Road 42 northwest of Hastings. When we left the park at =
11:30, the flycatcher had moved west, almost to the park entrance.
I think the tail was shorter than an adult's (but very long and forked, =
with white outer edges), and the belly and flanks were golden-yellow.
Another plus was a fly-over by a dark-morph Rough-legged Hawk. We only =
found five sparrow species, but those included Fox and Harris's.
Julian Sellers
St. Paul
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>St. Paul Audubon's "Sparrows Plus" field trip =
this morning=20
to the Pine Bend area along the Mississippi turned up a Scissor-tailed=20
Flycatcher near the entrance to Spring Lake Regional Park (Schaar's=20
Bluff). We found it at 10:15, hawking insects from the utility =
wires where=20
Idell Road turns west along the southern edge of the park. Idell =
goes=20
north from County Road 42 northwest of Hastings. When we left the =
park at=20
11:30, the flycatcher had moved west, almost to the park =
entrance.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>I think the tail was shorter than an adult's =
(but very=20
long and forked, with white outer edges), and the belly and flanks were=20
golden-yellow.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Another plus was a fly-over by a dark-morph =
Rough-legged=20
Hawk. We only found five sparrow species, but those included Fox =
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Harris's.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Julian Sellers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>St. Paul</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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