[mou] Otter Tail Cty Hummer

Just looking at the first Ruby Throated Hummingbird of the season perched on the feeder. Only a few days late from last year's arrival date of May 4th. Happy spring Sandy and Dan Thimgan Otter Tail County

[mou] Otter Tail

A pair of RED HEADED WOODPECKERS have been in our neighborhood and in our yard all day today (Friday). What a treat! They are in prime plumage and vocalizing loudly as well. We hope we can entice them to stay. Sandy and Dan Thimgan Otter Tail County -- Thimgans "Human beings are the only c

[mou] Otter Tail

On this "mid-summer like" day we added: OSPREY HOUSE WREN BANK SWALLOW NORTHERN ROUGH WINGED SWALLOW Sandy and Dan Thimgan Otter Tail County -- Thimgans "People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character." --Ralph Waldo Emerson

[mou] Otter Tail County

On our morning walk -- heard the call of HARRIS' SPARROW and had a group of 8 fly around us in a hedge in a nearby field. We hadn't heard them call much before and rarely have had a look at that many together -- Wild Kingdom moment. Also in the past couple days: GREEN HERON GRAY CATBIRD CLIFF SWA

[mou] Otter Tail

Rose Breasted Grosbeak and Baltimore Oriole arrived today -- probably arrived a day early because of the 40 mile an hour winds! Good to see them nonetheless. Sandy and Dan Thimgan Otter Tail Coutny -- Thimgans "I did absolutely nothing and it was better than I thought it could be."

[mou] Otter Tail Hummer

Ruby Throated Hummingbird arrived at our syrup feeder today at noon -- can the orioles be far behind? Sandy/Dan Thimgan Otter Tail County -- Thimgans "Keep your faith in beautiful things: in the sun when it is hidden, in the spring when it is gone." Gilson

[mou] Otter Tail Co Birds

Some excellent waterfowl diversity is being seen at "Horse Pasture Slough" in Glendalough State Park (central Otter Tail County). Jeff Schultz, who tipped us off, saw the following yesterday: Common and Hooded Mergansers, Common Goldeneye, Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Duck, Mallard, Wood Duck, Americ

[mou] Otter Tail

New this weekend for this season: Saturday, April 22 early CLAY COLORED SPARROW Sunday, April 23: BROWN THRASHER Sandy and Dan Thimgan Otter Tail county Battle Lake MN

[mou] Otter Tail County

Spring is moving things around! At Glendalough State Park: American Woodcock, (they have one spot in the park where they consistently are found. Always nice to walk to a specific spot and have the bird show up like clockwork:-))) April 5: Golden-crowned Kinglet and our first female Red-winged Bl

[mou] Otter Tail County - White-faced Ibis -update & Grant County Cattle Egret 4/20/04

---1082541287 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 4/20/04 Debbie Arnold and I headed up and refound the previously reported White-faced Ibis in Otter Tail County. We first checked at around 7:30am and did not see the bird ther