[mou] Black-headed Gull, Smith's Longspurs- SW MN
Bob Dunlap
rmdbird@mn.rr.com
Sat, 18 Oct 2003 18:58:14 -0500
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Today Rick Hoyme, John Hockema, Jeff Stephenson, and I birded Jackson =
and Cottonwood Counties. At 8:30 this morning we were staked out along =
the Iowa/Minnesota border at the north side of Spirit Lake in Jackson =
County, waiting for the Black-headed Gull to fly into MN. We didn't =
have long to wait, as the gull flew over the road and landed in MN =
waters. It must have looked quite comical for the Iowa fishermen to see =
us jumping and giving high fives after a gull crossed a road.
This afternoon we birded the Red Rock Prairie in Cottonwood County in =
hopes of finding Smith's Longspurs. We eventually began hearing the =
twittering of longspurs, and low and behold, we found ourselves in the =
midst of about 75-100 Smith's! As far as we could tell, there were no =
Laplands mixed in. It was very interesting hearing the twittering of =
the Smith's, quite different from the rattle of Laplands. =20
Get out and enjoy the birds!
-Bob Dunlap, Carver County
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Today Rick Hoyme, John Hockema, Jeff =
Stephenson,=20
and I birded Jackson and Cottonwood Counties. At 8:30 this =
morning we=20
were staked out along the Iowa/Minnesota border at the north side of =
Spirit Lake=20
in Jackson County, waiting for the Black-headed Gull to fly into =
MN. We=20
didn't have long to wait, as the gull flew over the road and landed in =
MN=20
waters. It must have looked quite comical for the Iowa fishermen =
to see us=20
jumping and giving high fives after a gull crossed a road.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This afternoon we birded the Red Rock =
Prairie in=20
Cottonwood County in hopes of finding Smith's Longspurs. We =
eventually=20
began hearing the twittering of longspurs, and low and behold, we found=20
ourselves in the midst of about 75-100 Smith's! As far as we could =
tell,=20
there were no Laplands mixed in. It was very interesting hearing =
the=20
twittering of the Smith's, quite different from the rattle of =
Laplands. =20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Get out and enjoy the =
birds!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Bob Dunlap, Carver=20
County</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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