There are a lot of members of the heron family hanging around the rice
paddies north of Aitkin. I counted a total of 33 GREAT EGRETS sitting
in the trees with several more in the paddies. Also present were at
least 4 AMERICAN BITTERNS, 6 GREEN HERONS, several GREAT BLUE HERONS,
eight SANDHILL CRANES. Also surpising were several SORAS , VIRGINIA
RAILS, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, SNIPE and a
flock of BOBOLINKS. At the Moose Willow WMA just south of Hill City, I
played a tape of a Sora and had between 15 and 20 of call back.
Warren Nelson
