<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><p></p><p> I stumbled into a sizable flock of 
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS today. There were about 60 males and 3 females! 
Also joining them were a handful of Starlings. </p><p> This is by far 
the earliest I have seen them in numbers. My own previous personal FOY 
sighting of RWBL was March 19th, so this smashes that record. I also 
find it amazing that several females were also present. </p><p> The 
blackbirds were found on the border of <b>Anoka and Washington Counties, 
near Hugo.</b> I was at the corner of Elmcrest and 170th St.</p></div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Sincerely,<br><br>Jim Ryan <br>Vadnais Heights<br>----<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Measure yourself by your best moments, not by your worst. We are too prone to judge ourselves by our moments of despondency and depression.- </span><a href="http://www.famousquotesandauthors.com/authors/robert_johnson_quotes.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,238);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Robert Johnson</span></a></font></p><font size="2"><br><a href="http://www.famousquotesandauthors.com/authors/robert_johnson_quotes.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,238);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline"></span></a><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Courage can't see around corners, but goes around them anyway.- </span><a href="http://www.famousquotesandauthors.com/authors/mignon_mclaughlin_quotes.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,238);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Mignon McLaughlin</span></a></font><br>----<br></div></div></div></div>
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