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Having recovered somewhat from my latest bug, I took a short spin past the airport to the MN Valley refuge visitor center in Bloomington from 9:00-10:00 AM today, Sat. March 15. Gorgeous weather, and a bit of spring bird activity. I flushed one Killdeer from the lawn as I rode past the Sun Country hangars at 24th Ave and Airport Lane. Birds were everywhere at the visitor center--Pileated woodpeckers calling in the valley, drumming Downies, calling White-breasted Nuthatches, some tentative Robin and junco songs, and one Eastern Bluebird which came in, called, and flew off again. A couple Mourning Doves flew over. At least two Red-winged Blackbirds sang from the marshes below. And just when I was leaving, two Red-shouldered Hawks soared over the visitor center, showing their black-and-white banded flight feathers to perfection in the sunlight. No luck today with the White-throated Sparrow which has been hanging around, nor with the imm. Sharp-shinned Hawk I saw last weekend. With this weather, though, I can't feel too disappointed. Chris Chris Mansfield Richfield, Hennepin Co. MN [email protected] --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online --0-1099686597-1047748582=:2717 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <P>Having recovered somewhat from my latest bug, I took a short spin past the airport to the MN Valley refuge visitor center in Bloomington from 9:00-10:00 AM today, Sat. March 15. Gorgeous weather, and a bit of spring bird activity. I flushed one Killdeer from the lawn as I rode past the Sun Country hangars at 24th Ave and Airport Lane. Birds were everywhere at the visitor center--Pileated woodpeckers calling in the valley, drumming Downies, calling White-breasted Nuthatches, some tentative Robin and junco songs, and one Eastern Bluebird which came in, called, and flew off again. A couple Mourning Doves flew over. At least two Red-winged Blackbirds sang from the marshes below. And just when I was leaving, two Red-shouldered Hawks soared over the visitor center, showing their black-and-white banded flight feathers to perfection in the sunlight. </P> <P>No luck today with the White-throated Sparrow which has been hanging around, nor with the imm. Sharp-shinned Hawk I saw last weekend. With this weather, though, I can't feel too disappointed. </P> <P>Chris</P><BR><BR>Chris Mansfield<br>Richfield, Hennepin Co. MN<br>[email protected]<p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br> <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/webhosting/mail_tagline/evt=7748/*http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/wh3/prod/";>Yahoo! Web Hosting</a> - establish your business online --0-1099686597-1047748582=:2717--
