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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>3/26/15<BR> <BR>While leading a MRVAC trip to Southwestern Minnesota, our group observed a male Eurasian Wigeon in Jackson county. The bird was first observed in a small wetland in the NW corner of the intersection of CR 86 (930th Street) and CR 9, which is about 2 miles North of the town of Heron Lake. The bird was observed from about 8:30 to 8:45 am, at which time a group of waterfowl left the small pond and we were unable to relocate the Eurasian Wigeon after that.<BR> <BR>Other birds in Nobles and Jackson county, included 22 species of Waterfowl, Gray Partridge, Lapland Longspur, Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Cardinal, Western Meadowlark and Rusty Blackbird.<BR> <BR>Except for a few small ponds and the edges of a couple lakes, the lakes were all ice free and there was no snow cover. Water levels are low with lots of exposed mud flats. <BR> <BR>Craig Mandel<BR>Minnetonka, Hennepin County<BR><a href="mailto:EgretCMan@msn.com">EgretCMan@msn.com</a><BR> </div></body>
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