Today Pete and Kathy Sufka, my parents, and I went to Big Stone and Lac Qui Parle counties. Are highlights for the trip were a Sprague’s pipit and Ferruginous Hawk for the day. The Pipit was seen on 191st Avenue about a quarter mile south from Laq Qui Parle Highway 15 ( highway fifteen is the road that is right beside of Plover Prairie). Basically go down fifteen heading east from highway 75. Once you hit the plover prairie sign take a right. Go about a quarter mile down and the pipit was seen on both sides of the street. It was alternating from a tree to an agriculture field (Unfortunately the pictures did not turn out because of a not so powerful lens). The Ferruginous Hawk was seen soaring over the trail that starts at the intersection of Lac Qui Parle county highways of 40 and 15. This intersection is south of the Big Stone NWR HQ about two miles. We have previously reported a Ferruginous at this location in the past few years. Other birds of note were five Greater White-fronted Geese as well as one Snow seen at Salt Lake. Shore birding was very bad for the day ending up with six species on the day. However all together great trip!
Great Birding to all, Nathan Schirmacher Princeton,MN Mille Lacs County ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html