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Hi everyone! Waterfowl migration continues to boom here in Rice County. Brian Smith = of Sleepy Eye fame joined me for a day of birding, and the following = species were present on Wells Lake today either at 9 am, 3:30 pm, or = both: pied-billed grebe greater white-fronted geese Canada geese gadwall American wigeon mallard Northern pintail canvasback redhead ring-necked duck lesser scaup common goldeneye hooded merganser common merganser & American coot. We had a fly-over of 2 ring-billed gulls, and were also buzzed by a = Cooper's hawk. Then, on my way home, and after Brian took off for points west, I = decided to stop by Alexander Park to check out whether the river was = open or not. It was, and present were hundreds and hundreds of Canada = geese and mallards. Along with those were a few scaup and coots, and = best of all, 11 trumpeter swans, 1 tundra swan, and 1 immature Ross' = goose! (Sorry Brian!!!!!) Other highlights for the day included rough-legged hawk, red-headed = woodpecker, and a great horned owl on the nest. A fun day spent with a good friend, good birds, and great chinese = buffet! It doesn't get any better than that! Good birding! Dave Bartkey screech...@charter.net Faribault,MN ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C63FB7.A0F95E20 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 6.00.2800.1528" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi everyone!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Waterfowl migration continues to = boom here=20 in Rice County. Brian Smith of Sleepy Eye fame joined me for a day of = birding,=20 and the following species were present on Wells Lake today either = at 9 am,=20 3:30 pm, or both:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>pied-billed grebe</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>greater white-fronted = geese</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Canada geese</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>gadwall</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>American wigeon</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>mallard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Northern pintail</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>canvasback</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>redhead</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>ring-necked duck</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>lesser scaup</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>common goldeneye</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>hooded merganser</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>common merganser</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>& American coot.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We had a fly-over of 2 ring-billed = gulls, and were=20 also buzzed by a Cooper's hawk.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Then, on my way home, and after Brian = took off for=20 points west, I decided to stop by Alexander Park to check out = whether the=20 river was open or not. It was, and present were hundreds and hundreds of = Canada=20 geese and mallards. Along with those were a few scaup and coots, and = best of=20 all, 11 trumpeter swans, 1 tundra swan, and 1 immature Ross' goose! = (Sorry=20 Brian!!!!!)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Other highlights for the day included = rough-legged=20 hawk, red-headed woodpecker, and a great horned owl on the = nest.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A fun day spent with a good friend, = good birds, and=20 great chinese buffet! It doesn't get any better than that!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Good birding!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dave Bartkey</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"mailto:screech...@charter.net">screech...@charter.net</A></FONT><= /DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Faribault,MN</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C63FB7.A0F95E20--