[mou] Around the Metro

[Steve Weston]

Driving around just outside the Twin Cities, I have been struck by how 
birdless it appears.  I am seeing very few birds besides trash birds 
(pigeons, starlings, house sparrows), crows, and an occasional Red-tailed 
Hawk, often seen paired up.   I did find a Kestrel today on Hwy 55 near just 
west of Hamel.

We have a Northern Flicker that has been coming to our feeders in Eagan 
occassionally in the morning.

Lastly, I found a gray-morph Gyrfalcon in my travels this weekend.  It was 
pretty exciting, but I was asleep at the time, so I did not note the 
location. but, I am not about to start a list of birds I remember from my 
dreams.

Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN
sweston2@comcast.net