Earlier today I found a Townsend's Solitaire in NW Redwood County in the Minnesota river valley. The bird was found 4/10's of a mile west of Cty. Rd. 7 on 440th St. According to the MOU website, this is the second record for Redwood County, the first was by Bob Janssen on 12-24-1986, on Cty. Rd 7 so these two records are likely from the same general area (there are many Juniper trees in this part of the river valley). The bird was very cooperative, perching in the open giving long, close looks. If you try for this bird, be aware that 440th St. is a minimum maintenance road and there's very little shoulder to park on.
Brian Smith Sleepy Eye, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
