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Hello: Birded throughout southwestern Minnesota today and all in all it was = pretty uneventful. The highlight of the day was finding a male and = female Blue Grosbeak in the Coteau Des Prairies area a few miles = southwest of Chandler. The Grosbeaks gave excellent looks as they were = perched on a fence right near the road. The male flew up to a nearby = Cottonwood tree and sang from an exposed branch for about a minute and = then flew down into an alfalfa field. I suspect that they might be = nesting in the Cottonwood grove at this spot (or somewhere else very = close by). =20 If anyone would like to look for these birds, take Cty. Rd. 4 (or Valley = Road) west from Chandler for a few miles (sorry, I didn't clock exactly = how far) until you come to 40th Ave. Turn left here. You'll notice a = small grove of mature Cottonwood trees about a quarter of a mile down = the road on your right. This is the spot where the Grosbeaks were seen. = If anyone else finds these birds, I'd appreciate hearing from you. Brian Smith Sleepy Eye=20 ------=_NextPart_000_00F2_01C33061.81E7D100 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Birded throughout southwestern = Minnesota today and=20 all in all it was pretty uneventful. The highlight of the day was = finding=20 a male and female <STRONG>Blue Grosbeak</STRONG> in the Coteau Des = Prairies area=20 a few miles southwest of Chandler. The Grosbeaks gave excellent = looks as=20 they were perched on a fence right near the road. The male flew up = to a=20 nearby Cottonwood tree and sang from an exposed branch for about a = minute and=20 then flew down into an alfalfa field. I suspect that they might be = nesting=20 in the Cottonwood grove at this spot (or somewhere else very close=20 by). </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If anyone would like to look for these = birds, take=20 Cty. Rd. 4 (or Valley Road) west from Chandler for a few miles (sorry, I = didn't=20 clock exactly how far) until you come to 40th Ave. Turn left = here. =20 You'll notice a small grove of mature Cottonwood trees about a quarter = of a mile=20 down the road on your right. This is the spot where the Grosbeaks = were=20 seen. If anyone else finds these birds, I'd appreciate hearing = from=20 you.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Brian Smith</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sleepy = Eye</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00F2_01C33061.81E7D100--