I took a trip to Lake Osakis looking for Scoters, no luck, but I found 3 Western grebes still hanging around. Also there were well over 100 Pied-billed Grebes on the lake. Franklin's Gulls numbered in the hundreds and 6 Sandhill Cranes flew over.
Most interesting though was a shrike I found on the way home. I stopped immediately and put up my scope. This time of year it might be either, alas, it turned out to be a Northern Shrike. First Northern Shrike of the fall around here. Ben Fritchman _________________________________________________________________ Instant message with integrated webcam using MSN Messenger 6.0. Try it now FREE! http://msnmessenger-download.com
