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On Monday and Tuesday (July 7,8), Craig Mandel and I birded Lake and = Cook Counties. We spent most of Monday in Lake County looking for = boreal species. Of note were: -Black-billed Cuckoo- Hwy. 2 -Connecticut Warbler- along Hwy. 2 near the Sand River -Palm Warbler- Hwy. 1 -Black-throated Blue Warbler- Tettegouche State Park We spent Monday evening searching for the White-winged Dove west of = Grand Marais along County Road 7. We did not find the dove, but did = hear a Vesper Sparrow singing in the field adjacent to the red barn. = East of Grand Marais along Cnty. Rd. 58, we found quite a few LeConte's = Sparrows singing in a sedge marsh on the south side of the road. We = also had an awesome encounter with a Whip-poor-will along this road. We spent most of Tuesday morning along the Gunflint Trail in Cook = County. Before driving up the Gunflint, we searched for the dove again = without success, but did find a Clay-colored Sparrow and Indigo Bunting = in a field along Cnty. Rd. 7. Along the Gunflint, birds of note were: -Both Merlin and American Kestrel -Black-backed Woodpecker- near the North Brule River -Winter Wrens in several places -a few Swainson's Thrushes -Lincoln's Sparrows singing -Dark-eyed Junco- near the North Brule River Back in Grand Marais, we found Gray Catbird, House Wren, House Sparrow, = and House Finch. A very unexpected sight was a flock of about 10 = American White Pelicans just west of Grand Marais along Hwy. 61. =20 -Bob Dunlap, Carver County ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C345FF.DB76F850 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 6.00.2726.2500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>On Monday and Tuesday (July 7,8), Craig = Mandel and=20 I birded Lake and Cook Counties. We spent most of Monday in Lake = County=20 looking for boreal species. Of note were:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Black-billed Cuckoo- Hwy. = 2</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Connecticut Warbler- along Hwy. 2 near = the Sand=20 River</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Palm Warbler- Hwy. 1</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Black-throated Blue Warbler- = Tettegouche State=20 Park</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We spent Monday evening searching for = the=20 White-winged Dove west of Grand Marais along County Road 7. We did = not=20 find the dove, but did hear a Vesper Sparrow singing in the field = adjacent to=20 the red barn. East of Grand Marais along Cnty. Rd. 58, we found = quite a=20 few LeConte's Sparrows singing in a sedge marsh on the south side of the = road. We also had an awesome encounter with a Whip-poor-will along = this=20 road.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We spent most of Tuesday morning along = the Gunflint=20 Trail in Cook County. Before driving up the Gunflint, we searched = for the=20 dove again without success, but did find a Clay-colored Sparrow and = Indigo=20 Bunting in a field along Cnty. Rd. 7. Along the Gunflint, birds of = note=20 were:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Both Merlin and American = Kestrel</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Black-backed Woodpecker- near the = North Brule=20 River</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Winter Wrens in several = places</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-a few Swainson's Thrushes</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Lincoln's Sparrows = singing</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Dark-eyed Junco- near the North Brule=20 River</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Back in Grand Marais, we found Gray = Catbird, House=20 Wren, House Sparrow, and House Finch. A very unexpected sight was = a flock=20 of about 10 American White Pelicans just west of Grand Marais along Hwy. = 61. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Bob Dunlap, Carver County</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C345FF.DB76F850--