[mou] birding central Minnesota

[Steve Weston]

drove this afternoon (Saturday) out to Wilmar and back to the cities.   As I 
drove out Highway 7, I found a flock of blackbirds including Grackles in 
Carver County.  I found one other small flock of Redwing Blackbirds in 
Kandiyohi County.  There was little else to be seen.  I picked up something 
in Wilmar and almost immediately headed back on Highway 12.  I almost 
immediately began to find blackbirds, finding a nice flock of Red-wings near 
Atwood.  After that I found lots of small groups of Grackles and other 
blackbirds in the tree tops and noticed almost every wetland of any size had 
one or two Red-wings on territiory.  The demands of my job did not allow me 
to check out any of the blackbird flocks for additional stray species.  I 
also found a Bald Eagle by a nest just west of Waverly.

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