My boyfriend and I ventured to Crow-Hassan Park Reserve (near Rogers) this afternoon. The highlight was watching a juvenile Golden Eagle a little east of the main portion of the reserve. I saw a large dark raptor with an obvious dihedral, then saw that the bird clearly had a large head. When it went down into a wooded ravine, I caught a quick glimpse if the white band at the base of the tail.
Some nice spring/county birds observed or heard include: Trumpeter Swan, Snow Goose (one mixed in a flock that was either Lesser Canada Geese or Greater White-fronted Geese), four duck species, Great Blue Heron (2), Northern Harrier (1), Rough-legged Hawk (1), Sandhill Crane (2-4), American Kestrel (2), Barred Owl (2), Eastern Phoebe (1), Hermit Thrush (2), and Eastern Meadowlark (3). Good birding! Alyssa DeRubeis Lake Mills, IA ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html