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10/8/03 Spent the day birding in Marshall County at Agassiz NWR and Old Mill State Park. Observed 74 species of birds with some of the following being my favorite sightings. I found my first Northern Shrike of the year, just East of the Farmes Pool at Agassiz NWR and there were two Surf Scoters on the South Pool along CR 7. I ended up the day in Pennington County at the Thief River Falls Sewage Lagoons. Seems there is a huge push of Northern Shovelers, with over 1000 birds counted in two of the 3 pools, before I ran out of light. There was also a very cooperative Le Conte's Sparrow in the weeds next to the entrance to the Thief River Falls Sewage Lagoons. Here were some of my sightings from the day. @ Red-necked, Eared and Western Grebes at the South Pool at Agassiz NWR. @ Surf Scoter - South Pool Agassiz NWR @ 9 species of Shorebirds including 3 immature Long-billed Dowitchers, Stilt & Semipalmated Sandpipers and both Yellowlegs. These were mostly observed along the North side of CR 77, East of the Agassiz NWR Headquarters. @ Herring Gull - Farmes Pool Agassiz NWR @ Black-billed Magpie - Seen in about 7 locations, just love those birds. @ Northern Shrike - Just East of the water control structure at the Farmes Pool. @ Winter Wren - One bird was observed along the walking trail near the Refuge Headquarters building. @ And rounded out the list with 10 species of Sparrow, with the Le Conte's being the most unusual. Craig Mandel - [email protected] - Minnetonka, MN -------------------------------1065708264 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD> <META charset=3DUTF-8 http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charse= t=3Dutf-8"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV>10/8/03</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Spent the day birding in Marshall County at Agassiz NWR and Old Mill St= ate Park. Observed 74 species of birds with some of the following bein= g my favorite sightings. I found my first Northern Shrike of the year, just=20= East of the Farmes Pool at Agassiz NWR and there were two Surf Scoters on th= e South Pool along CR 7. I ended up the day in Pennington County=20= at the Thief River Falls Sewage Lagoons. Seems there is a huge push of= Northern Shovelers, with over 1000 birds counted in two of the 3 pools, bef= ore I ran out of light. There was also a very cooperative Le Cont= e's Sparrow in the weeds next to the entrance to the Thief River Falls Sewag= e Lagoons. Here were some of my sightings from the day.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>@ Red-necked, Eared and Western Grebes at the South Pool at Agassiz NWR= .</DIV> <DIV>@ Surf Scoter - South Pool Agassiz NWR</DIV> <DIV>@ 9 species of Shorebirds including 3 immature Long-billed Dowitchers,=20= Stilt & Semipalmated Sandpipers and both Yellowlegs. These were mo= stly observed along the North side of CR 77, East of the Agassiz NWR Headqua= rters.</DIV> <DIV>@ Herring Gull - Farmes Pool Agassiz NWR</DIV> <DIV>@ Black-billed Magpie - Seen in about 7 locations, just love those bird= s.</DIV> <DIV>@ Northern Shrike - Just East of the water control structure at the Far= mes Pool.</DIV> <DIV>@ Winter Wren - One bird was observed along the walking trail near the=20= Refuge Headquarters building.</DIV> <DIV>@ And rounded out the list with 10 species of Sparrow, with the Le Cont= e's being the most unusual.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial size=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" PTSIZE=3D"10"= >Craig Mandel - [email protected] - Minnetonka, MN </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTM= L> -------------------------------1065708264--
