Traveled to Agassiz NWR on the 6th. Saw the pair of Magpies with at least 2 and more likely 3 or 4 young at the Refuge headquarters. I¹m sure this has been reported I just don¹t remember seeing it. The young birds mostly hang out in the ash trees while the adults forage about the grounds. I saw other Magpies occasionally in other places on or near the refuge. Many Black-billed Cuckoos can be heard behind the building but I failed to see any. Elsewhere I saw 2 American Bitterns and 1 Least Bittern, both at the Farmes Pool. Also Black Terns and Yellow-headed Blackbirds were well represented at the same location. A brief stop at Tamarack NWR on the way back yielded Golden-winged Warbler, Broad-winged Hawk, Pine Warbler and Raven (Raven also at Agassiz). Finally, this evening I saw a Swaison¹s Hawk along Hwy 55 about 1/4 mi east of the junction with Hwy 42 in Dakota County.
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