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3/17/03 Linda Sparling and I spent the day birding in Wilkin, Clay and Ottertail counties. We tried and missed on the Varied Thrush at Moorhead and as previously reported there are no longer any Goldeneye's returning to the spot in Fergus Falls. Some of the birds we did find were Golden Eagle, Gray Partridge, Greater Prairie Chicken, and a nesting Great Horned Owl. With the warm weather and cloudless sky, it was a very nice day of birding on the Prairie. @ Golden Eagle - A first year bird was observed at the Rothsay WMA @ Gray Partridge - Linda spotted a female Gray Partridge along the railroad tracks on the East side Of Hyw 52 at the intersection of CR 69 in Clay county. @ Greater Prairie Chickens - Observed at Town Hall Prairie, Rothsay WMA and CR 26, 1 mile West of CR 15 in Wilkin county. @ Great Horned Owl - located a bird on a nest along CR 21 about 2 miles north of CR 11 in Ottertail county. @ Western Meadowlark - A single Meadowlark was observed and heard making its call note along Clay County Road 11, just south of the town of Sabin. @ Rusty Blackbird - a single Male Rusty Blackbird was observed at the same location as the Great Horned Owl. Craig Mandel - [email protected] - Minnetonka, MN --part1_150.1d15b41d.2ba86adc_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE= =3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">3/17/03<BR> <BR> Linda Sparling and I spent the day birding in Wilkin, Clay and Ottertail cou= nties. We tried and missed on the Varied Thrush at Moorhead and as pre= viously reported there are no longer any Goldeneye's returning to the spot i= n Fergus Falls. <BR> <BR> Some of the birds we did find were Golden Eagle, Gray Partridge, Greater Pra= irie Chicken, and a nesting Great Horned Owl. With the warm weather an= d cloudless sky, it was a very nice day of birding on the Prairie.<BR> <BR> @ Golden Eagle - A first year bird was observed at the Rothsay WMA<BR> @ Gray Partridge - Linda spotted a female Gray Partridge along the railroad=20= tracks on the East side Of Hyw 52 at the intersection of CR 69 in Clay count= y.<BR> @ Greater Prairie Chickens - Observed at Town Hall Prairie, Rothsay WMA and=20= CR 26, 1 mile West of CR 15 in Wilkin county.<BR> @ Great Horned Owl - located a bird on a nest along CR 21 about 2 miles nort= h of CR 11 in Ottertail county.<BR> @ Western Meadowlark - A single Meadowlark was observed and heard making its= call note along Clay County Road 11, just south of the town of Sabin.<BR> @ Rusty Blackbird - a single Male Rusty Blackbird was observed at the same l= ocation as the Great Horned Owl.<BR> <BR> Craig Mandel - [email protected] - Minnetonka, MN </FONT></HTML> --part1_150.1d15b41d.2ba86adc_boundary--
