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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Another possibility is the leucistic Red-tailed Hawk that has been hanging out in that general area of 494 for the past few years. I saw it a little further north of there a few days ago. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nancy Verba</p><p class=MsoNormal>Maple Grove</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:mnbird@lists.mnbird.net">DONALD GRUSSING Owner via Mnbird</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, February 23, 2018 4:17 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:tempou812@hotmail.com">Steve Steele</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:mnbird@lists.mnbird.net">mnbird</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Mnbird] Possible egret sighting?!</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>There is an active Bald Eagle nest in that location. Any possibility the bird wasn't completely white.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Don Grussing<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Minnetonka<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><img border=0 width=708 height=1 style='width:7.375in;height:.0104in' id="Horizontal_x0020_Line_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D3ACCC.62D3F440"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>"mnbird" <mnbird@lists.mnbird.net><br><b>To: </b>"mnbird" <mnbird@lists.mnbird.net><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, February 22, 2018 4:16:48 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>[Mnbird] Possible egret sighting?!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>As I was zipping along 494 next to Bryant Lake this afternoon, I spotted a large, pure white fly into a tree along the lake right next to the highway. I didn't get a good look, but enough to tell it was definitely not a snowy owl. Maybe an escaped tropical bird of some sort? Seems a little (lot) early for egrets.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Anybody else in the area notice it?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Steve Steele<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Mnbird mailing list<br>Mnbird@lists.mnbird.net<br>http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird_lists.mnbird.net<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>