[mou] Great-tailed Grackle - Lyon Co
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Pmegeland@aol.com
Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:19:03 EST
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I took my Mother back to Cottonwood today and although she is now in
assisted living and I do not have the great yard to bird in I can still check out
Sham Lake. For a reason I cannot explain, this small lake has always attracted
unusual and rare birds. Today there was just a small amount of open water but
almost every duck and merganser that you would look for in western MN was
there plus Ring-billed and Herring gulls and three Great Blue Herons. While
watching all of these I noted a large Grackle in the cattails along the shore on
the north side of Lyon Co. 10. It gave me an excellent view at a range of
about 25 yards. It was a male Great-tailed Grackle. It worked along the small
point and then flew to the Southeast across the road and kept going. Sham lake
is just about a half mile NE of Cottonwood. The lake can be viewed on the
west from MN highway 23 and on the south from CO 10.
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attracted unusual and rare birds. Today there was just a small amount of ope=
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was there plus Ring-billed and Herring gulls and three Great Blue Herons. Wh=
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