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I am resending this message, do to the fact that I have not received a copy=20 from this list serve yet and want to make sure I have the correct address. =20 So pardon me if you receive this message in duplicate!! Craig =20 3/10/03 Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter Renville County Birding Day Field Trip Report 5 Participants 30 Species observed While leading a field trip for MRVAC, our group refound one of the Eurasian=20 Collared Doves. =A0 Which have been reported in the town of Renville off and= on=20 for about a year now. =A0 The Bird was first observed by Fr. Tom, sitting in= a=20 tree just north of the railroad tracks near the grain elevator. =A0 The bird= =20 was also observed dropping down and apparently feeding on the tracks. =A0 Bu= t=20 we were unable to confirm this from our location. =A0 To reach this location= =20 from Hyw 212 in the town of Renville, go North on Main Street N, to Railroad= =20 Street and turn Right. =A0 The bird was observed one block East of this=20 intersection and North of the tracks. =A0 It may also be possible to walk al= ong=20 the railroad tracks to get a better view of this location. =A0 Other notes o= f=20 interest were the large numbers of Horned Larks. =A0 We counted over 600 in=20 Renville County alone, with only half our time spent in habitat for Horned=20 Larks. =A0 There were also 100s of Lapland Longspurs and a few Snow Buntings= =20 along the Sibley and Renville County line road. =A0 We also observed many=20 Ring-necked Pheasants and Wild Turkeys. =A0 With the snow pushing the Pheasa= nts=20 out near the roads, it would be a great time to head SW in search of=20 Pheasants and Partridge for your county lists. =A0 Maybe even the elusive=20 Bobwhite's in Houston County. =A0 Here is a partial list of the species foun= d=20 by the group: All the following species were observed in Renville County.=20 @ Bald Eagle - along CR 15 @ Rough-legged Hawk - both light and dark phase birds were observed @ Wild Turkey - along CR 15 @ Eurasian Collared Dove - Town of Renville @ Red-bellied Woodpecker @ Northern Shrike - One bird was observed on the S side of Hyw 19 just east=20 of Morton. @ Horned Lark -=A0 688 birds observed @ Lapland Longspur @ Snow Bunting - observed in 4 townships @ Dark-eyed Junco - numerous flocks observed along CR 15 --part1_ca.194bd9fb.2b9fe4f0_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE= =3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">I am resending this message, do to the fact that I hav= e not received a copy from this list serve yet and want to make sure I have=20= the correct address. So pardon me if you receive this message in dupli= cate!! Craig <BR> <BR> 3/10/03<BR> <BR> Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter<BR> Renville County Birding Day<BR> Field Trip Report<BR> <BR> 5 Participants<BR> 30 Species observed<BR> <BR> While leading a field trip for MRVAC, our group refound one of the Eurasian=20= Collared Doves. =A0 Which have been reported in the town of Renville off and= on for about a year now. =A0 The Bird was first observed by Fr. Tom, sittin= g in a tree just north of the railroad tracks near the grain elevator. =A0 T= he bird was also observed dropping down and apparently feeding on the tracks= . =A0 But we were unable to confirm this from our location. =A0 To reach thi= s location from Hyw 212 in the town of Renville, go North on Main Street N,=20= to Railroad Street and turn Right. =A0 The bird was observed one block East=20= of this intersection and North of the tracks. =A0 It may also be possible to= walk along the railroad tracks to get a better view of this location. =A0 O= ther notes of interest were the large numbers of Horned Larks. =A0 We counte= d over 600 in Renville County alone, with only half our time spent in habita= t for Horned Larks. =A0 There were also 100s of Lapland Longspurs and a few=20= Snow Buntings along the Sibley and Renville County line road. =A0 We also ob= served many Ring-necked Pheasants and Wild Turkeys. =A0 With the snow pushin= g the Pheasants out near the roads, it would be a great time to head SW in s= earch of Pheasants and Partridge for your county lists. =A0 Maybe even the e= lusive Bobwhite's in Houston County. =A0 Here is a partial list of the speci= es found by the group:<BR> <BR> All the following species were observed in Renville County. <BR> <BR> @ Bald Eagle - along CR 15<BR> @ Rough-legged Hawk - both light and dark phase birds were observed<BR> @ Wild Turkey - along CR 15<BR> @ Eurasian Collared Dove - Town of Renville<BR> @ Red-bellied Woodpecker<BR> @ Northern Shrike - One bird was observed on the S side of Hyw 19 just east=20= of Morton.<BR> @ Horned Lark -=A0 688 birds observed<BR> @ Lapland Longspur<BR> @ Snow Bunting - observed in 4 townships<BR> @ Dark-eyed Junco - numerous flocks observed along CR 15<BR> </FONT></HTML> --part1_ca.194bd9fb.2b9fe4f0_boundary--
