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<div>Date: 10/6/19 7:21 AM (GMT-06:00) </div>
<div>To: Peter L Gilles <Gilles_Peter_L@msn.com> </div>
<div>Subject: Re: [Mnbird] Hadley Lake Report </div>
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<div>During winter, 2019, we experienced an abundance of cardinals. For the past month…same habitat, same food…. in the LeSueur area, very few, perhaps we’ll need snow. Northern orioles and scarlet tanagers returned early (late April, early May…exceeded more
than in anyone’s memory.) During the summer, the usual numbers coming to feeders. Robins disappeared in August, not a single one returned. On Friday, September 20th, nearly a thousand broad-winged hawks and other raptors passed over the south end of LeSueur
in a half hour’s time! This was verified by the hawk watchers at Bethany College in Mankato who observed in excess of 3,500 raptors on ONE day of observing in Mankato.
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<div class="">White throated sparrows infiltrating the area October 7 - present. Single immature ruby-throated hummingbird 6:17 p.m Friday, October 4th, otherwise, their numbers were UP in the MN River Valley between LeSueur and Henderson.</div>
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<div class="">Our local pair of Trumpeter Swans returned to their pond in timely fashion, but the continual flooding of the Minnesota River made for a late hatch of five cygnets. One cygnet was lost, thus four survived snapping turtles and a local eagle pair.
None of the six have become airborne thus far, although they are practicing lifting off the water.</div>
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<div class="">We counted chimney swifts entering a LeSueur school chimney roost just after sunset from September 1st through September 24th. The highest total of 729 occurred September 3rd; with 669, 671 and 623 three consecutive evenings mid-September.</div>
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<div class="">Singleton bluejays have returned, while northern yellow-shafted flickers began migrating through doubt 1 October. Pheasant population is ’nil.’ Wild turkeys took a ‘hit’ due to the heavy spring/summer rains. </div>
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<div class="">8:00 a.m. Saturday, October 5th, two angleworms struggled from water-logged grass to sidewalk. We think they were saying, “We give up!"<br class="">
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<div class="">On Oct 5, 2019, at 4:28 PM, Peter L Gilles via Mnbird <<a href="mailto:mnbird@lists.mnbird.net" class="">mnbird@lists.mnbird.net</a>> wrote:</div>
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I live on the North end of a small canoeing lake with lots of trees. As I have done pruning, I have built large piles of brush which form ample hiding places. Other than one neighbor who has thinned his trees drastically, there is a lot of coverage and
sufficient territory for a large number of birds.</div>
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I think like you, I have 4 or 5 breeding pairs and that in spite of the weird Summer weather, they were all pretty successful because many of the visitors are immature birds</div>
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Just a week or so ago, i saw a male still feeding eager youngsters. Even with 3 potential Cardinal feeders, there is a pecking order.</div>
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I have also noticed two pair of Blue Jays -- I know they are very secretive, but now that the young are out the nest, they are coming around more often.</div>
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Fortunately or not, I haven't seen a Coopers Hawk all Summer.</div>
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From: Tami Vogel <<a href="mailto:tvogel@wrcmn.org" class="">tvogel@wrcmn.org</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Date: 10/5/19 3:00 PM (GMT-06:00)</div>
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To: Peter L Gilles <<a href="mailto:gilles_peter_l@msn.com" class="">gilles_peter_l@msn.com</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Subject: Re: Hadley Lake Report</div>
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Our "winter" cardinals are starting to arrive. During the summer we have fewer (6-8) simply due to breeding territory. But we'll end up with 24-26 cardinals throughout the winter. It's always a highlight to have that many around.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">
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Sounds like you have a great bird yard!</div>
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<b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Saturday, October 5, 2019 2:37 PM<br class="">
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<div dir="auto" class=""><font face="sans-serif" class="">Has anyone else noted the abundance of Cardinals this Fall? Or is my backyard just fortunate? </font></div>
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<div dir="auto" class=""><font face="sans-serif" class="">Last year the number of Cardinals coming to my feeders seemed to decline significantly. This Summer, I felt the number was rebounding and now I have 10 or 12 -- maybe more if I really paid attention
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<div dir="auto" class=""><font face="sans-serif" class="">I have 4 feeders -- three primarily used by the Cardinals (one is a vertical tube largely used by Chickadees and Nuthatches) and the Cardinals are often lined up in the nearby branches waiting their
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