[mou] Consider....

[Pastor Al Schirmacher]

As I walked (a rather quiet) Mahnomen Trail in Sherburne NWR this morning, 
contemplated what has been seen either in or within a ten mile radius of the 
refuge in just the past two years (AOU order):

* Greater White-fronted Goose
* Ross' Goose
* Little Blue Heron (pending)
* Northern Goshawk
* Least Tern
* Great Gray Owl
* Acadian Flycatcher
* Loggerhead Shrike
* Townsend's Solitaire
* Bohemian Waxwing
* Black-throated Blue Warbler
* Hooded Warbler
* Yellow-breasted Chat
* 23 warblers, single day, single trail (two+ hours)
* Lark Sparrow (nester)
* Henslow's Sparrow
* Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow.

Perhaps - as you contemplate your 2006 birding schedule - you might want to 
pencil in a day here.

Unabashedly a fan,

Al Schirmacher
Princeton, MN
Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties