Viewed Feb.28 from Minn.& Iowa (LaCrescent, Minn. to Harper's Ferry, Iowa):
Greater White-fronted Goose---38---Pool Slough, New Albin, IA Snow Goose---1---Pool Slough, New Albin Canvasback---1---Heytman's Station, Allamakee Co. IA Canada Goose Ring-n. Duck---Heytman's Station C. Goldeneye C. Merganser Bald Eagle---numerous and pair at nest No. Harrier---1 Cooper's Hawk---1---Allamakee Co. Peregrine Falcon---1---Dam 7 south of Dresbach, Minn, perched on a crane boom at the east side of the main channel roller dam. Viewed from L&D 7 lock observation platform. Strictly speaking,in Wisconsin 100 yards or less, and about 1/3 mile SE of the falcon nest box visible with difficulty from I90 on Spirit Bluff (south of Dresbach) in Minnesota. The box is visible from the observation platform. Peregrine Falcon---1---Perched on the nestbox on the bluff a few hundred yards SE of the Lansing, IA power plant smoke stack. Very dark "helmet" and heavy lower lateral belly streaks. Sandhill Crane---1---Pool Slough at New Albin, IA, north of Army Rd. and about 200 yards south of the IA/MN border, as best as I could tell. gull, sp.---1 only Belted Kingfisher---1,F Horned Lark---1 only Cedar Waxwing---2---perched among & blending with American Beech tree leaves in our yard (in Wisconsin). Absolutely motionless and well camouflaged as dusk approached. We have observed roosting waxwings in this tree previous winters. Fred Lesher LaCrosse, Wis. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com