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Took our Great-Granddaughter, Summer, birding this afternoon. Checked = out the Great Blue Heron rookery across the Mississippi river from Evergreen Cemetery in Brainerd. We counted over 20 birds on their nests. While = we watched, one Heron flew by with a big stick in its mouth for its nest. Summer was delighted with that. A good sized flock of Red-winged = Blackbirds and Common Grackles was flying around NE Brainerd. An Eagle flew over = the Mississippi River near Brainerd High School. Common and Hooded = Mergansers were found in several places on the Mississippi River in the city of Brainerd. The large flock of Bohemian Waxwings that has been in = Brainerd for quite a while was near the Post Office this morning. Ring-billed = Gulls are back in town. Found lots of Mourning Doves. A Meadow Lark flew = across the road out near the South Long Lake Presbyterian Church in SE Crow = Wing County. Saw a number of Kestrels and watched a Northern Harrier try to = pick up a small dead animal on St. Mathias Road near old Hwy 371. There was = a Golden Eagle sitting out in the Middle of Rice Lake on the north edge of Brainerd. New birds were everywhere! Carol Crust --=20 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.4/299 - Release Date: 3/31/2006 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C6550E.44E24360 Content-Type: text/html; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dwindows-1250"> <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {font-family:Arial; color:windowtext;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple> <div class=3DSection1> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Took our Great-Granddaughter, Summer, birding = this afternoon. Checked out the Great Blue Heron rookery across the = </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Mississippi river</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> from </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Evergreen</span></font><font= size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Cemetery</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> in Brainerd. We counted over 20 birds on their nests. While we = watched, one Heron flew by with a big stick in its mouth for its nest. = Summer was delighted with that. A good sized flock of Red-winged = Blackbirds and Common Grackles was flying around NE Brainerd. An Eagle flew over = the </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Mississippi River</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> near </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Brainerd</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>High School</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>. Common and Hooded Mergansers were found in = several places on the </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Mississippi River</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> in the = city of </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Brainerd</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. The large flock of Bohemian Waxwings that has been in Brainerd for quite a = while was near the Post Office this morning. Ring-billed Gulls are back = in town. Found lots of Mourning Doves. A Meadow Lark flew across the road = out near the South Long Lake Presbyterian Church in SE Crow Wing County. = Saw a number of Kestrels and watched a Northern Harrier try to pick up a small = dead animal on </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>St. Mathias Road</span></font><font size=3D2 = face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> near old Hwy 371. = There was a Golden Eagle sitting out in the Middle of Rice </span></font><font = size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Lake</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> on the north edge of Brainerd. New birds were everywhere! Carol = Crust</span></font></p> </div> </body> </html> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>--<BR> No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR> Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR> Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.4/299 - Release Date: = 3/31/2006<BR> </FONT> </P> ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C6550E.44E24360--