Almost all of the Christmas Bird Counts have been completed. I hope that you had an opportunity to participate. The highlights of this year's counts for me included a Red Crossbill that responded to my pishing on the Pine County count. I would love to say that I recognized the call, but I was not that accomplished. I recognized that I could not identify the call. A quick check of my Sibley app and I had an ID. It was the first Red Crossbill I had seen in years. Another highlight was when I played the call of a Townsend's Solitaire at a location on the Wabasha count where I had found one on a previous count and was reward with an immediate response.
Didn't get out to find your Red Crossbill or Townsend Solitaire? The weather is going to be great in the next few days and there are still Christmas Bird Counts that are looking for participants. Of the five counts that are still left, three this Saturday are still looking for help. Uppgaard (includes Pequot Lakes and Breezy Point). Contact Judd Brink (218) 838-4784 i...@birdminnesota.com Pelican Lakes, one of our newest counts! " it boasts an excellent mix of habitats; grasslands, forests, lakes and rivers. The latter has many areas that have open water!" Contact Matt Mecklenburg: (218) 498-2679 mmecklenb...@tnc.org Pipestone, brand new this year in the Southwest corner of the state, we have no idea what surprises will be uncovered. Contact Garrett Wee: (507) 829-8187 garrett...@hotmail.com Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN swest...@comcast.net ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
