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I spent the past five days birding Big Stone, Lac Qui Parle and Yellow Medicine counties. Migration in general is very slow, most migrants are late, in low numbers and shorebirds are scarce. Two highlights: 2 Henslow's Sparrows are singing on at the Plover Prairie area in Lac Qui Parle county. Directions: From Bellingham go four miles north on US Hwy 75 and turn right (east). Go east two miles. The birds are singing in the field to the north. They can be heard easily from the road. Four Avocets were seen in Big Stone County in a wetland just east of the town of Barry. It is located on the north side of state hwy 28, 1 mile east of county road 7. Regards. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C55CBB.39B721F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 6.5.7036.0"> <TITLE>Notes from west-central MN, Henslow's sparrows, etc.</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> <P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I = spent</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> = <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial"> past five days birding Big Stone, Lac = Qu</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT = SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">i</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> Parle and Yellow Medicine = counties</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">Migration</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> in general is very = slow</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT = SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">most</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">migrant</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">s are = late</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT = SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">, in low numbers</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">and shorebirds are scarce.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">Two</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">highlights:</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">2 = Henslow</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">s Sparrows are singing on at the Plover Prairie area in = Lac</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT = SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Qui Parle county.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">Directions: From Bellingham go four miles north on US Hwy = 75 and turn right (east). Go east two miles. The birds are singing in = the field to the north.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> They can be heard easily = from the road.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Four = Avocets were seen</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">in Big = Stone</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> = <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">County</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial"> in a wetland just east of the town of Barry. It is = located on the north side of state hwy 28</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> 1 mile east of county road = 7.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT = SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"> </SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">Regards</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">…</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P> </BODY> </HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C55CBB.39B721F0--