[mou] 40th Ave & Hawk Ridge etc
Chris Fagyal
cfagyal@avianphotos.org
Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:51:05 -0500
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All,
Went up to Duluth by way of Mille Lacs today, and ran into almost as
many birders as birds (Amazing how one can predict who one will see
based on the weekend it is.ran into Jeff Stephenson, Chuck Krulas, John
& Chris Hockema, Dedrick Benz, Mike Hendrickson, Jerry Pruitt, Barb &
Denny Martin, etc.what a crowd!). 40th was quite nice, with many
sparrows represented, including at least 2, possibly 3 separate Nelson's
Sharp-tailed Sparrows. Other sparrows seen included Leconte's,
Lincolns, Song, Vesper (By others, not me), Harris (By others, not me),
White-crowned, White-throated, Clay-colored and Savannah. Also saw
multiple Lapland Longspurs, but no Smith's :-(. Near the SW corner,
there was a Buff-breasted Sandpiper and an American Golden Plover.
Later on I went up to Hawk Ridge. It was slow, but they had 2
Sharp-Shinned hawks and a Merlin that they had caught/banded, that they
brought down to get "Adopted". Merlin's are absolutely spectacular when
seen so closely. I wish I could have adopted it, but someone beat me to
it. Other hawks overhead included Bald Eagles, more Sharp-shinned. It
was rather slow while I was there, so I focused on taking White-crowned,
White-throated and Lincoln's sparrow pictures. I also ended up finding
out the brand new 2Gb compact flash card for my camera is bad, and I
lost a good 50+ pictures including the Nelson's sharp-tailed pics I got
(that were probably pretty damned good). So a pretty good day ended on
a really sour note.
Chris Fagyal
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>All,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Went up to Duluth by way of Mille <span class=SpellE>Lacs</span>
today, and ran into almost as many birders as birds (Amazing how one can
predict who one will see based on the weekend it is…ran into Jeff
Stephenson, Chuck <span class=SpellE>Krulas</span>, John & Chris Hockema, <span
class=SpellE>Dedrick</span> Benz, Mike Hendrickson, Jerry Pruitt, Barb &
Denny Martin, etc…what a crowd!).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>40<sup>th</sup> was quite nice, with many sparrows represented,
including at least 2, possibly 3 separate Nelson’s Sharp-tailed
Sparrows.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Other sparrows seen
included <span class=SpellE>Leconte’s</span>, </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Lincolns</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, Song,
Vesper (By others, not me), Harris (By others, not me), White-crowned,
White-throated, Clay-colored and </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Savannah</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Also saw multiple Lapland Longspurs, but
no <span class=GramE>Smith’s </span></span></font><font size=2
face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:
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mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>L</span></span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Near the SW corner, there was a
Buff-breasted Sandpiper and an American Golden Plover.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Later on I went up to Hawk Ridge.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>It was slow, but they had 2
Sharp-Shinned hawks and a Merlin that they had caught/banded, that they brought
down to get “Adopted”.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Merlin’s are absolutely spectacular when seen so closely.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I wish I could have adopted it, but
someone beat me to it.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Other hawks
overhead included Bald Eagles, more Sharp-shinned.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>It was rather slow while I was there, so
I focused on taking White-crowned, White-throated and </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Lincoln</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>’s
sparrow pictures.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I also ended up
finding out the brand new <span class=GramE>2Gb</span> compact flash card for
my camera is bad, and I lost a good 50+ pictures including the Nelson’s
sharp-tailed <span class=SpellE>pics</span> I got (that were probably pretty
damned good).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>So a pretty good day
ended on a really sour note.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Chris Fagyal<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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