Coinciding with the first gnats, flies, and mosquito an Eastern Phoebe was singing from a treetop along the east shore of Rapids Lake. Other arrivals to the area today were Canvasback at both Rapids Lake and Assumption Lake, a single Blue-winged Teal at Rapids Lake, many American Coot at Rapids Lake, 3 Great Blue Heron flying north, and a Harris's Sparrow(about a month earlier than my previous earliest) feeding below the Rapids Lake visitor's center feeders. There were 20+ Fox Sparrow scattered at Rapids Lake MVNWR as well as 35+ Song Sparrow. The local Great Horned Owl also showed himself this morning at Rapids Lake. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html