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Paul Pedersen found an apparent Cinnamon Teal at the East Landfill = Reservoir west of Rochester just before noon today. Thanks to Paul's call, Chuck Krulas, Jeff Stephenson and myself were = also able to view the bird before it flew southeast with a group of three Blue-winged Teal. The birds flew over the dike and appeared to be cutting their wings as if they were going to land when they disappeared from view. A quick search of the immediate area along 19th St NW produced no = positive results. We didn't see any markings on the bird that suggested it was a hybrid but one can't be too careful, we've had two hybrids here in the past = couple years. (And doesn't that open up another kettle of fish!) The easiest way to get to the Reservoir from "the cities" is: US Hwy 52 South to US Hwy 14 West to 60th Av W (Olmsted County Road 104). 60th Av W north for one mile to 19th St NW. 19th St NW west for one mile to 70th Av NW. 70th Av NW for 1/2 mile. The reservoir will on your right. The bird was working the reeds on the south side when it was observed. Chris Benson Rochester, MN ------=_NextPart_000_0026_01C41274.E2986140 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 6.00.2800.1126" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Paul Pedersen found an apparent = Cinnamon Teal at=20 the East Landfill Reservoir</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>west of Rochester just before noon=20 today.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks to Paul's call, Chuck Krulas, = Jeff=20 Stephenson and myself were also able to view the bird</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>before it flew southeast with a group = of three=20 Blue-winged Teal.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The birds flew over the dike and = appeared to be=20 cutting their wings</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>as if they were going to land when = </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>they disappeared from = view.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A quick search of the immediate area = along 19th St=20 NW produced no positive results.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We didn't see any markings on the bird = that=20 suggested it was a hybrid</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>but one can't be too careful, we've had = two hybrids=20 here in the past couple years.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(And doesn't that open up another = kettle of=20 fish!)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The easiest way to get to the = Reservoir from=20 "the cities" is:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>US Hwy 52 South to</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>US Hwy 14 West to</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>60th Av W (Olmsted County Road = 104).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>60th Av W north for one mile to 19th St = NW.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>19th St NW west for one mile to 70th Av = NW.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>70th Av NW for 1/2 mile.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The reservoir will on your = right.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The bird was working the reeds on the = south side=20 when it was observed.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Chris Benson</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Rochester, MN</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0026_01C41274.E2986140--