<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><P>First of the spring today in my yard. Lovely to see and hear them! </P>
<P>Whitewater WMA yesterday: They have drained the first pond as you enter from HWY 61. This is where I usually see Black Terns so will most likely miss them this year. Still Yellow-headed Blackbirds, Sora, Swamp Sparrows, Belted Kingfisher, 5 Trumpeter Swans - 3 in one pond and 2 in another, noisy Sandhill Cranes, loads of Canada Goose goslings, Eastern Towhees heard in several locations. Oh, and Grasshopper Sparrows are back in the sand prairie (Kellog/Weaver Dunes). </P>
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<P>Pat Pagel</P>
<P>Wabasha, MN<BR></P></div></body></html>