[mou] Sunday birding
Jeff and Amy Drake
jadrake@arvig.net
Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:03:00 -0500
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I took the back roads on my way to Fargo yesterday and found:
1 trumpeter swan preening between 2 rafts of coots (nice black and white =
contrast)
several pied-billed grebes
2 E. wood pewees
1 common merganser
2 great egrets
6 handsome tom turkeys (south of Maplewood state park)
1 turkey vulture
2 belted kingfishers
2 flickers (1 roadkilled)
1 imm. waxwing
many bluebirds
5+ mallards
2 red tailed hawks
chickadees
nuthatches
house finches
house sparrows
ring-billed gulls
tree swallows
barn swallows
pigeons
1 bluejay
1 downy woodpecker
1 hairy woodpecker
several flocks of canadian geese
3 robins
several goldfinches
This morning a female rose-breasted grosbeak enjoyed breakfast in our =
crabapple tree.
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I took the back roads on my way to =
Fargo yesterday=20
and found:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1 trumpeter swan preening between 2 =
rafts of coots=20
(nice black and white contrast)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>several pied-billed grebes</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2 E. wood pewees</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1 common merganser</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2 great egrets</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>6 handsome tom turkeys (south of =
Maplewood state=20
park)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1 turkey vulture</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2 belted kingfishers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2 flickers (1 roadkilled)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1 imm. waxwing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>many bluebirds</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>5+ mallards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2 red tailed hawks</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>chickadees</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>nuthatches</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>house finches</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>house sparrows</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>ring-billed gulls</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>tree swallows</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>barn swallows</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>pigeons</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1 bluejay</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1 downy woodpecker</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1 hairy woodpecker</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>several flocks of canadian =
geese</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>3 robins</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>several goldfinches</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This morning a female rose-breasted =
grosbeak=20
enjoyed breakfast in our crabapple tree.</FONT></DIV>
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