[mou] a great week of birding
Steve and Sherry Watson
watsup@boreal.org
Mon, 3 May 2004 18:49:26 -0700
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Last weekend, Friday the 30th, Saturday, and Sunday I was out in western
Minnesota with my dad birding. I attended the Morris birding festival
Saturday and Sunday. For the week we picked up 133 species, some
include,
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All six grebe species including Clarke=92s at Thielke Lake
A. Bittern on the Pom De Terre river
Snowy Egret- found a pair on a pond not far from Thielke Lake-directions
from the lake are take 62 until you reach 65 and go south for a mile and
turn east on 10 for about 3 miles and turn south on 21 for a mile. The
pond that had the birds on it is on the left. there were also several
great egrets hanging with them.
Black-crowned night-Heron- saw several throughout the week
G. W. F. Goose- 2 on Thielke Lake
Trumpeter Swan- 2 on a lake in Becker County
16 species of ducks
11 species of raptors including a peregrine falcon that flew over a pond
in Big Stone
Gray Partridge- 2 in Stevens County
Sharp-tailed Grouse- 2 in Aitkin
G. prairie-chicken- 1 at Felton
1 Virginia rail
Sandhill crane in Aitkin=20
17 species of shorebirds including a solitary sandpiper in Big Stone,
several hudsonian godwits and marbled in otter tail county as well as a
dunlin
Forster=92s and common terns
Barred Owl in Aitkin
Loggerhead shrike- 2 at Felton
All the swallow species
A marsh wren
Brown thrasher
Y. R. Warbler, O. C. Warbler, and Palm Warbler
11 species of sparrows including a grasshopper
C.C longspur at Felton
Pine Grosbeak- 1 at Aitkin
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It was a fun productive week.
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Josh Watson
Grand Marais
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D4 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Last weekend, Friday the 30<sup>th,</sup> Saturday, =
and Sunday
I was out in western </span></font><st1:State><st1:place><font size=3D4
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Minnesota</span></font></st1=
:place></st1:State><font
size=3D4 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'> with my dad
birding.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I attended the =
Morris
birding festival Saturday and Sunday.<span =
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>For the week we picked up 133 species, some =
include,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D4 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D4 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>All six grebe species including Clarke=92s at =
</span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
size=3D4 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thielke</span></font></st1:P=
laceName><font
size=3D4 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'> =
</span></font><st1:PlaceType><font
size=3D4 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Lake</span></font></st1:Plac=
eType></st1:place><font
size=3D4 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=3D4 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Bittern on
the Pom De Terre river<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Snowy Egret- found a pair =
on a pond
not far from Thielke Lake-directions from the lake are take 62 until you =
reach
65 and go south for a mile and turn east on 10 for about 3 miles and =
turn south
on 21 for a mile.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The pond =
that had
the birds on it is on the left.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> =
</span>there
were also several great egrets hanging with =
them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Black-crowned night-Heron- =
saw
several throughout the week<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>G. W. F. Goose- 2 on =
</span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
size=3D4 face=3DArial><span =
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</span></font><st1:PlaceType><font
size=3D4 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Lake</span></font></st1:Plac=
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size=3D4 face=3DArial><span =
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>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Trumpeter Swan- 2 on a lake =
in </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
size=3D4 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Becker</span></font></st1:Pl=
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</span></font><st1:PlaceType><font
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size=3D4 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>16 species of =
ducks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11 species of raptors =
including a
peregrine falcon that flew over a pond in Big =
Stone<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Gray Partridge- 2 in =
</span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
size=3D4 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Stevens</span></font></st1:P=
laceName><font
size=3D4 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'> =
</span></font><st1:PlaceName><font
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size=3D4 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sharp-tailed Grouse- 2 in =
Aitkin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>G. prairie-chicken- 1 at =
Felton<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1 Virginia =
rail<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sandhill crane in Aitkin =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>17 species of shorebirds =
including a
solitary sandpiper in Big Stone, several hudsonian godwits and marbled =
in otter
tail county as well as a dunlin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Forster=92s and common =
terns<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Barred Owl in =
Aitkin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Loggerhead shrike- 2 at =
Felton<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>All the swallow =
species<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A marsh =
wren<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Brown =
thrasher<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Y. R. Warbler, O. C. =
Warbler, and
Palm Warbler<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11 species of sparrows =
including a
grasshopper<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>C.C longspur at =
Felton<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Pine Grosbeak- 1 at =
Aitkin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>It was a fun productive =
week.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Josh =
Watson<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Grand =
Marais<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.25in'><font size=3D4 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>
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