[mou] Brainerd area Birding

Carol Crust cmcrust@charter.net
Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:58:39 -0600


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Took our Great-Granddaughter, Summer,  birding this afternoon.  Checked =
out
the Great Blue Heron rookery across the Mississippi river from Evergreen
Cemetery in Brainerd.  We counted over 20 birds on their nests.  While =
we
watched, one Heron flew by with a big stick in its mouth for its nest.
Summer was delighted with that.  A good sized flock of Red-winged =
Blackbirds
and Common Grackles was flying around NE Brainerd.  An Eagle flew over =
the
Mississippi River near Brainerd High School.  Common and Hooded =
Mergansers
were found in several places on the Mississippi River in the city of
Brainerd.  The large flock of Bohemian Waxwings that has been in =
Brainerd
for quite a while was near the Post Office this morning.  Ring-billed =
Gulls
are back in town. Found lots of Mourning Doves.  A Meadow Lark flew =
across
the road out near the South Long Lake Presbyterian Church in SE Crow =
Wing
County.  Saw a number of Kestrels and watched a Northern Harrier try to =
pick
up a small dead animal on St. Mathias Road near old Hwy 371.  There was =
a
Golden Eagle sitting out in the Middle of Rice Lake on the north edge of
Brainerd.  New birds were everywhere!  Carol Crust


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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Took our Great-Granddaughter, Summer, &nbsp;birding =
this
afternoon.&nbsp; Checked out the Great Blue Heron rookery across the =
</span></font><font
 size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Mississippi
 river</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> from </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span
  =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Evergreen</span></font><font=

 size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
  size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Cemetery</span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> in
Brainerd.&nbsp; We counted over 20 birds on their nests.&nbsp; While we =
watched,
one Heron flew by with a big stick in its mouth for its nest.&nbsp; =
&nbsp;Summer
was delighted with that.&nbsp; A good sized flock of Red-winged =
Blackbirds and
Common Grackles was flying around NE Brainerd.&nbsp; An Eagle flew over =
the </span></font><font
 size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Mississippi
 River</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> near </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span
  =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Brainerd</span></font><font
 size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
  size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>High
  School</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>.&nbsp; Common and Hooded Mergansers were found in =
several
places on the </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Mississippi River</span></font><font size=3D2
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> in the =
city of </span></font><font
  size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Brainerd</span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.&nbsp; The
large flock of Bohemian Waxwings that has been in Brainerd for quite a =
while
was near the Post Office this morning.&nbsp; Ring-billed Gulls are back =
in town.
Found lots of Mourning Doves.&nbsp; A Meadow Lark flew across the road =
out near
the South Long Lake Presbyterian Church in SE Crow Wing County.&nbsp; =
Saw a
number of Kestrels and watched a Northern Harrier try to pick up a small =
dead
animal on </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
  font-family:Arial'>St. Mathias Road</span></font><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> near old Hwy 371.&nbsp; =
There was a
Golden Eagle sitting out in the Middle of Rice </span></font><font =
size=3D2
 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Lake</span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> on the
north edge of Brainerd.&nbsp; New birds were everywhere!&nbsp; Carol =
Crust</span></font></p>

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