WESTERN WOOD PEWEE briefly vocalized at Buffalo River State Park at approx. 1025 AM 4 times in about 3 mins, after a 30 minute wait. A Blue-gray Gnatcatcher vocalized once and was silently foraging at the west edge of the tract here as well, a bird I hadn't expected up here! On the way out, I observed a pair of Yellow-billed Cuckoos, one carrying a meal of dragonflies.
I spent the early morning hours wandering around Felton Prairie, seeing skads of Greater Prairie Chickens, a pair of Gray Partridge, and a few singing Le Conte's Sparrows. A Loggerhead Shrike was north of the gravel pits and for my effort working 170th, I scored a Western Kingbird, a single Chestnut-collared Longspur vocalizing, and a flat tire. Danny Akers Spirit Lake, IA ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
