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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>8/26 -8/29 - 2015<BR> <BR>While birding in North Central Minnesota with Mark Junghans and Ron Erpelding the last few days. We encountered a few species of note. Here are a few of my favorites from the trip.<BR> <BR>8/26<BR>Mille Lacs county<BR>Eurasian Collared-Dove - A Eurasian Collared-Dove was observed along the main street in the town of Long Siding.<BR> <BR>8/27<BR>Itasca County<BR>Great Horned Owl - A Great Horned Owl was heard calling at the intersection of CR 3 and Bluebird Drive.<BR>Swainson's Thrush - Several Swainson's Thrush's were observed at the public boat access at the intersection of Highway 6 and CR 63.<BR>Warblers were observed at numerous locations, with a total of 11 species observed. Golden-winged, Black-and-white, Pine and Chestnut-sided were some of the more abundant species observed.<BR> <BR>Koochiching County<BR>Red-necked Phalarope - Three Red-necked Phalaropes were observed at the International Falls WTP.<BR>Common Nighthawks were observed migrating between 5:00 and 7:00 pm, in Koochiching county.<BR> <BR>8/28<BR>Koochiching County<BR>13 species of Waterfowl were observed, including American Black Duck, Northern Pintail, Bufflehead and lots of Common Goldeneye. These were observed at the international Falls and Little Falls WTP's.<BR>Cooper's Hawk - A Cooper's Hawk was observed West of the town of Big Falls along CR 30.<BR>Shorebirds that were present a the International Falls WTP: Semipalmated Plover, Spotted, Stilt, Pectoral and Least Sandpipers, Red-necked Phalarope and Lesser Yellowlegs.<BR>Birds observed along the Toumey-Williams Road included: Merlin, Blue-headed Vireo, Gray Jay, Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Northern Waterthrush, Nashville, Connecticut, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Magnolia, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Palm, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green and Wilson's Warbler and Dark-eyed Junco.<BR>Boreal Chickadee - Several Boreal Chickadee's were heard and observed along the Pine River Road, about 3 miles North of CR 30.<BR>Field Sparrow - Two Field Sparrows were observed at the entrance to a gravel quarry along CR 77, .2 miles South of UT 251.<BR> <BR>Craig Mandel<BR><a href="mailto:EgretCMan@msn.com">EgretCMan@msn.com</a><BR>Minnetonka, Hennepin County<BR> </div></body>
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