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Sorry for the delayed posting as I didn't have access to a computer before now. I was in Souix Falls this weekend, and while I was driving home on Saturday 1/20/07 afternoon, I observed a Prairie Falcon 6-8 miles west of Luverne MN near the beaver creek exit on interstate I-90. The bird was observed in an aerial display directly over the freeway at a low altitude hunting smaller birds as we drove past. I immediately recognized it as a falcon by its shape, pointed wings, narrow tail. It was a light colored, medium-large sized falcon noticeably more slender than a peregrine but not bigger that gave it the appearance of having long slender wings and a long tail. As I wasn't driving, I was able to study it for perhaps 20 seconds before we drove past it and out of sight behind us. I marked the spot on my GPS, but don't have the coordinates handy at the moment, email me if you would like them. Andrew Bicek Elk River, MN ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C73E0D.CAF0E3B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"City"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"PlaceType"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"PlaceName"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"State"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"place"/> <!--[if !mso]> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; 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 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; 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'>Sorry for the delayed posting as I didn’t have = access to a computer before now. I was in <st1:PlaceName = w:st=3D"on">Souix</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Falls</st1:PlaceType> this weekend, and while = I was driving home on Saturday 1/20/07 afternoon, I observed a Prairie Falcon = 6-8 miles west of <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City = w:st=3D"on">Luverne</st1:City> <st1:State w:st=3D"on">MN</st1:State></st1:place> near the beaver creek exit on = interstate I-90. The bird was observed in an aerial display directly over the freeway at a low altitude hunting smaller birds as we drove past. = I immediately recognized it as a falcon by its shape, pointed wings, = narrow tail. It was a light colored, medium-large sized falcon noticeably more = slender than a peregrine but not bigger that gave it the appearance of having = long slender wings and a long tail. As I wasn’t driving, I was = able to study it for perhaps 20 seconds before we drove past it and out of sight = behind us. I marked the spot on my GPS, but don’t have the = coordinates handy at the moment, email me if you would like = them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Andrew Bicek<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on"><font = size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Elk = River</span></font></st1:City><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:State w:st=3D"on">MN</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font size=3D2 = face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p= > </div> </body> </html> ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C73E0D.CAF0E3B0--