[mou] Biking and Birding Last Weekend
Julian Sellers
JulianSellers@msn.com
Tue, 31 May 2005 10:18:33 -0500
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I led a St. Paul Audubon biking and birding trip in central MN last =
weekend. On Saturday, we biked on the Lake Wobegon Trail in Stearns =
County from Avon through Albany to Holdingford and back, a round-trip =
distance of 33 miles. On Sunday, we biked on the Central Lakes Trail in =
Douglas County and a corner of Grant County from Brandon to Ashby and =
back, a distance of 28 miles. We saw or heard 97 species. Highlights:
- a pair of Orchard Orioles building a nest below eye level, 15 feet =
from the trail
- a pair of Eastern Meadowlarks in Stearns County (at the edge of their =
nesting range)
- Veeries singing in Stearns County (at the edge of their nesting range)
- a Blackburnian Warbler in a flock of Tennessee Warblers
- two Connecticut Warblers heard (one glimpsed)
- long, close looks at a Black-billed Cuckoo (one of five seen) and many =
more common species
- fresh air, exercise, scenery, camaraderie, and no rain after the first =
10 minutes.
Julian Sellers
St. Paul
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>I led a St. Paul Audubon biking and birding trip =
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central MN last weekend. On Saturday, we biked on the Lake Wobegon =
Trail=20
in Stearns County from Avon through Albany to Holdingford and back, a =
round-trip=20
distance of 33 miles. On Sunday, we biked on the Central Lakes =
Trail in=20
Douglas County and a corner of Grant County from Brandon to Ashby and =
back, a=20
distance of 28 miles. We saw or heard 97 species. =20
Highlights:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>- a pair of Orchard Orioles building a nest =
below eye=20
level, 15 feet from the trail</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>- a pair of Eastern Meadowlarks in Stearns =
County (at the=20
edge of their nesting range)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>- Veeries singing in Stearns County (at the edge =
of their=20
nesting range)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>- a Blackburnian Warbler in a flock of Tennessee =
Warblers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>- two Connecticut Warblers heard (one=20
glimpsed)</FONT></DIV><FONT face=3DArial>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>- long, close looks at a Black-billed Cuckoo =
(one of five=20
seen) and many more common species</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>- fresh air, exercise, scenery, camaraderie, and </FONT><FONT=20
face=3DArial>no rain after the first 10 minutes.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Julian Sellers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>St. Paul</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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