[mou] Brown County Update
Brian Smith
brsmith@sleepyeyetel.net
Mon, 16 May 2005 08:37:19 -0500
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On Sunday, Dave Bartkey and myself spent the day birding around Brown =
county. Despite the less than ideal weather conditions in the morning =
and early afternoon, we found good varieties of resident and migrant =
birds in almost any habitat. Highlights included:
Peregrine Falcon: fly-over at the Sleepy Eye compost site
Veery: one bird heard giving its call note and song at Flandrau State =
Park
Cerulean Warbler: Dave found a male singing in a tree near the Minnesota =
river along Brown Cty. 10, west of Hwy. 4. We were able to get =
excellent looks at this gorgeous bird. First one I've seen in many =
years.
Hudsonian Godwit: one bird found in a flooded cow pasture on 140th St. =
west of Hwy. 258
Warblers were slow but steady. The flocks that we found generally =
consisted of several birds on up to ten or more. Overall, we had 16 =
species of warblers for the day. We found no Wilson's and only one Palm =
all day. There are still good numbers of shorebirds around the county =
and we had 13 species in all. The recent rains have flooded a lot of the =
fields so the shorebirds seem to be more dispersed than usual.
Good Birding,
Brian Smith
Sleepy Eye
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<DIV>On Sunday, Dave Bartkey and myself spent the day birding around =
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county. Despite the less than ideal weather conditions in the =
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early afternoon, we found good varieties of resident and migrant birds =
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any habitat. Highlights included:</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Peregrine Falcon</STRONG>: fly-over at the Sleepy=20
Eye compost site</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Veery</STRONG>: one bird heard giving its call note and =
song at=20
Flandrau State Park</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Cerulean Warbler</STRONG>: Dave found a male singing in a =
tree near=20
the Minnesota river along Brown Cty. 10, west of Hwy. 4. We were =
able to=20
get excellent looks at this gorgeous bird. First one I've seen in =
many=20
years.</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Hudsonian Godwit</STRONG>: one bird found in a flooded =
cow=20
pasture on 140th St. west of Hwy. 258</DIV>
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found generally consisted of several birds on up to ten or =
more. =20
Overall, we had 16 species of warblers for the day. We found no=20
Wilson's and only one Palm all day. There are still good numbers of =
shorebirds around the county and we had 13 species in all. The recent =
rains have=20
flooded a lot of the fields so the shorebirds seem to be more dispersed =
than=20
usual.</DIV>
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<DIV>Good Birding,</DIV>
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<DIV>Brian Smith</DIV>
<DIV>Sleepy Eye</DIV>
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