Greetings, This afternoon at Rothsay WMA, I had an adult prairie falcon soaring overhead. It put on quite a display of aerial acrobatics, climbing perhaps fifty feet and then tucking and rolling, pulling out of the dive and then climbing again. I watched the falcon do this for about five minutes, until it decided to end the show and fly off to the north. The exact location: 1/2 mile north of the junction of Wilkin CR 176 (190th) and Wilkin CR 15 (208th).
Other highlights for the day: Rough-legged hawk -- 57 counted around Rothsay WMA. I saw a RL chasing an American kestrel, but the kestrel easily evaded the pursuit and the hawk gave up after about 30 seconds. Adult golden eagle -- Clay Co. about 3E and 1N of Buffalo River SP. Northern shrike -- Ottertail Co. 1N of Pelican Rapids on US59. Many horned larks, a very few lapland longspurs, and one small flock of snow buntings in Clay Co. near Felton. Good Birding! Pat Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105 701-231-9491 patrick.beau...@ndsu.nodak.edu http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/entomology/ http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/tigerbeetles/index.htm http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/Mounting_Chalcidoidea/Chalcmount.htm