[mou] Birding in Rice County and beyond
DEE ANN BARTKEY
deeann07@msn.com
Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:50:37 -0600
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Hi everyone!
I went out birding today with a couple ladies from the bird club here =
and had a decent day. Birding highlights within the county boundaries =
were:
Northern Shrike
Rough-legged Hawk
Mourning Dove (3)
Coopers Hawk
and Horned Lark
We headed to Farmington next to see the Eurasian Collared Doves and =
spotted 4 birds there. Last weekend, my daughter and I travelled there =
and saw 6 in one tree.
It was around 3 o'clock at this time so we headed up to make another =
attempt at the Gyrfalcon, which was my third try. While near Idell Ave, =
we ran into several other birders who were going back to Hwy. 55 to look =
at the bird, so we followed and before long, we got to see it! It was =
perched to the north of 55, and we were all parked near the 216 mile =
marker. Jim Mattson told us that the tree it was in was one it has been =
found in several times before. This bird ended up being extra special =
for me because it was #300 on my Minnesota list! When I imagined what =
species my 300 would be, I sure didn't predict it would be a Dakota =
County Gyrfalcon! I certainly have no complaints though!
A nice way to end the day!
Good birding!
Dave Bartkey
deeann07@msn.com<mailto:deeann07@msn.com>
Faribault,MN
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<DIV>Hi everyone!</DIV>
<DIV> I went out birding today with a couple ladies from the bird =
club=20
here and had a decent day. Birding highlights within the county =
boundaries=20
were:</DIV>
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<DIV>Northern Shrike</DIV>
<DIV>Rough-legged Hawk</DIV>
<DIV>Mourning Dove (3)</DIV>
<DIV>Coopers Hawk</DIV>
<DIV>and Horned Lark</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> We headed to Farmington next to see the Eurasian Collared =
Doves and=20
spotted 4 birds there. Last weekend, my daughter and I travelled there =
and saw 6=20
in one tree.</DIV>
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<DIV> It was around 3 o'clock at this time so we headed up to make =
another=20
attempt at the Gyrfalcon, which was my third try. While near Idell =
Ave, we=20
ran into several other birders who were going back to Hwy. 55 to =
look at=20
the bird, so we followed and before long, we got to see it! It was =
perched=20
to the north of 55, and we were all parked near the 216 mile =
marker. Jim=20
Mattson told us that the tree it was in was one it has been found =
in=20
several times before. This bird ended up being extra special for me =
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it was #300 on my Minnesota list! When I imagined what species my 300 =
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I sure didn't predict it would be a Dakota County Gyrfalcon! I =
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have no complaints though!</DIV>
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<DIV> A nice way to end the day!</DIV>
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<DIV>Good birding!</DIV>
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<DIV>Dave Bartkey</DIV>
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<DIV>Faribault,MN</DIV></BODY></HTML>
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