[mou] Wood Lake Nature Center
alyssa
tiger150@comcast.net
Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:15:39 -0500
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The MOU Youth Birding Club (leaders Mike Alt and Bob Holtz) went birding =
at Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield, Hennipin Co., from 9-11am. =
Since no one has said anything, I will! Birds seen include:
@ Several P-B Grebes
@ Two R-T Hawks
@ One B-W Teal
@ Several Hooded Mergansers
@ Am. Coots
@ Two G. Egrets
@ 5 N. Shovelers flying in
@ R-C Kinglet
@ Tree Sparrow
@ Cooper's Hawks (probably nesting nearby)
@ One Broad-winged Hawk
@ Canada Goose on the nest
@ Am. Crow on the nest
@ A pair of B-C Chickadees catching "Spring Fever"
@ A Song Sparrow singing in midair (while hovering like a kestrel)!!
There were also Painted Turtles, a mink eating a crayfish, and a Muskrat =
singing. Few female R-W Blackbirds.
Alyssa DeRubeis
Golden Valley, Hennipin County
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The MOU Youth Birding Club (leaders =
Mike Alt and=20
Bob Holtz) went birding at Wood Lake Nature Center in Richfield, =
Hennipin=20
Co., from 9-11am. Since no one has said anything, I will! Birds seen=20
include:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>@ Several P-B Grebes</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>@ Two R-T Hawks</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>@ One B-W Teal</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>@ Several Hooded =
Mergansers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>@ Am. Coots</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>@ Two G. Egrets</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>@ 5 N. Shovelers flying in</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>@ R-C Kinglet</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>@ Tree Sparrow</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>@ Cooper's Hawks (probably nesting=20
nearby)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>@ One Broad-winged Hawk</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>@ Canada Goose on the nest</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>@ Am. Crow on the nest</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>@ A pair of B-C Chickadees catching =
"Spring=20
Fever"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>@ A Song Sparrow singing in midair =
(while hovering=20
like a kestrel)!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There were also Painted Turtles, a mink =
eating a=20
crayfish, and a Muskrat singing. Few female R-W Blackbirds.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Alyssa DeRubeis</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Golden Valley, Hennipin =
County</FONT></DIV>
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