<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"> A reader of a newspaper column scratched out by this ink-stained wretch had a painted bunting in his yard in Fairmont for a day. He got a photo.<div> Three readers have reported mockingbirds in Freeborn County. There was one last year. <br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Al Batt<div><br><div><h1 class="quoteText" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 17.33333396911621px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“If you judge people, you don't have time to love them.”--Mother Teresa</span></h1></div></div><div><a href="http://twitter.com/batt_allen">http://twitter.com/batt_allen</a></div></div></div></body></html>