At about 11:20 this morning Maureen and I spotted our first northern
shrike and first rough-legged hawk of the season in the southern end of
Elm Creek Park Reserve, near Osseo. The shrike was perched high in a
dead tree just across the paved trail that is immediately north of the
parking lot at the Bottineau House. The rough-leg was perched in, then
soared over, the marsh about 1/4 mile WNW of that parking lot; we had an
excellent view of it from the boardwalk over Elm Creek.
We frequently see a shrike perched in this same tree throughout the
winter as we ski right by it.
The only other birds of note were a few rusty blackbirds that were mixed
in with a large group of robins.
Ron Refsnider
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