[mou] Aitkin County update

[Warren Nelson]

There are a lot of  members of the heron family hanging around the rice 
paddies north of Aitkin.  I counted  a total of 33 GREAT EGRETS sitting 
in the trees with several more in the paddies. Also present were at 
least 4 AMERICAN BITTERNS, 6 GREEN HERONS, several GREAT BLUE HERONS, 
eight SANDHILL CRANES.  Also surpising were several SORAS , VIRGINIA 
RAILS, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, SNIPE and a 
flock of BOBOLINKS.  At the Moose Willow WMA just south of Hill City, I 
played a tape of a Sora and had between 15 and 20 of call back.
Warren Nelson