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Tonight I went back to Little Rock Lake to see if the Red-throated Loons were still around. I did not find any Loon species whatsoever, so apparently they've all moved on. However, at the Gilman sewage ponds, I discovered a Cinnamon Teal. It was associating with Blue-winged Teal, so I checked for, but could not find, any evidence that it was a hybrid. Its head, neck, breast, and flanks were a uniform cinnamon color, with a gray bill and dark rump/tail. The Gilman sewage ponds are located 0.5 miles southwest of Gilman on County Road 3, and the Teal was in the larger back pond. Like all sewage ponds, these are fenced, but the gate has no lock, so you can let yourself in. There is an older gentleman who checks on things almost daily there, but he has no problem with birders visiting. Herb Dingmann St. Cloud ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C309EC.DF6C62A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <meta name=3DProgId content=3DWord.Document> <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name=3DOriginator content=3D"Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel=3DFile-List href=3D"cid:filelist.xml@01C309EC.4EE68D50"> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"City"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"PersonName"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"PlaceType"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"PlaceName"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"place"/> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:DoNotRelyOnCSS/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:SpellingState>Clean</w:SpellingState> <w:GrammarState>Clean</w:GrammarState> <w:DocumentKind>DocumentEmail</w:DocumentKind> <w:EnvelopeVis/> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; 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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>However, at the Gilman sewage ponds, I discovered a = Cinnamon Teal.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>It was associating = with Blue-winged Teal, so I checked for, but could not find, any evidence that it was a = hybrid.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Its head, neck, breast, and = flanks were a uniform cinnamon color, with a gray bill and dark = rump/tail.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>The Gilman sewage ponds are located 0.5 miles = southwest of Gilman on County Road 3, and the Teal was in the larger back pond.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Like all sewage ponds, these = are fenced, but the gate has no lock, so you can let yourself in.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>There is an older gentleman who = checks on things almost daily there, but he has no problem with birders = visiting.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; 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