[mou] Ft. Snelling State Park - Sunday

[Rob Daves]

--0-893490257-1159803863=:29722
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Hi, everyone...

The highlight of a quick mid-day Sunday hike at Ft. Snelling State Park was the family of wild turkeys on Pike Island.  It also was the first time that I remember seeing more white-throated sparrows than chickadees.  Here's the list:


Location:     Fort Snelling State Park
Observation date:     10/1/06
Notes:      Pike Island.  Stunning day.  Sunny, light gusts, 70s.  
Hiking trail thru middle of the island; back on the Mississippi side.  Noon 
- 2 p.m. 2 deer, one garter snake.
Number of species:     16

Wood Duck     2
Mallard     8
Wild Turkey     8
Great Blue Heron     1
Turkey Vulture     1
Herring Gull     2
Rock Pigeon     10
Downy Woodpecker     1
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker     2
Blue Jay     1
Black-capped Chickadee     5
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler     2
White-throated Sparrow     30
Northern Cardinal     1

Also, being close to the airport we saw a lot of "gas hawks," 
which is what we learned to call airplanes last weekend at 
Hawk's Ridge.

Good birding to all...

Rob Daves, Minneapolis



 		
---------------------------------
Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls.  Great rates starting at 1¢/min.
--0-893490257-1159803863=:29722
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Hi, everyone...<br><br>The highlight of a quick mid-day Sunday hike at Ft. Snelling State Park was the family of wild turkeys on Pike Island.&nbsp; It also was the first time that I remember seeing more white-throated sparrows than chickadees.&nbsp; Here's the list:<br><br><pre><tt><tt>Location:     Fort Snelling State Park<br>Observation date:     10/1/06<br>Notes:      Pike Island.  Stunning day.  Sunny, light gusts, 70s.  <br>Hiking trail thru middle of the island; back on the Mississippi side.  Noon <br>- 2 p.m. 2 deer, one garter snake.<br>Number of species:     16<br><br>Wood Duck     2<br>Mallard     8<br>Wild Turkey     8<br>Great Blue Heron     1<br>Turkey Vulture     1<br>Herring Gull     2<br>Rock Pigeon     10<br>Downy Woodpecker     1<br>Hairy Woodpecker     1<br>Northern Flicker     2<br>Blue Jay     1<br>Black-capped Chickadee     5<br>White-breasted Nuthatch     1<br>Yellow-rumped Warbler     2<br>White-throated Sparrow     30<br>Northern Cardinal    
 1<br><br></tt></tt><span style="font-family: arial;">Also, being close to the airport we saw a lot of "gas hawks," </span><br style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;">which is what we learned to call airplanes last weekend at </span><br style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hawk's Ridge.</span><br style="font-family: arial;"><br style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Good birding to all...</span><br style="font-family: arial;"><br style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rob Daves, Minneapolis</span><br style="font-family: arial;"></pre><br><p>&#32;
		<hr size=1>Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman7/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39666/*http://messenger.yahoo.com"> Great rates starting at 1¢/min.
--0-893490257-1159803863=:29722--