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6/1/03 Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge Field Trip Report 6 - Participants 71 - Species observed Spent the afternoon at Sherburne NWR. Our group was treated to some wonderful breading birds, with a pair of Least Bitterns being the highlight for me. Here are some of my favorite sightings. @ Least Bittern - 2 observed at the Big Blue Stem Pool and one heard from the parking area that has interpretive signs about draw downs. @ Ruffed Grouse - heard along Blue Hill Trail @ Sandhill Crane @ Golden-winged Warbler - Heard along Blue Hill trail @ Grasshopper Sparrow - Near entrance to the wildlife drive and at the parking area for the Blue Hill trail @ Lark Sparrow - several locations along the wildlife drive Craig Mandel - [email protected] - Minnetonka, MN --part1_41.2f5301b7.2c0c263d_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">6/1/03<BR> <BR> Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter<BR> Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge<BR> Field Trip Report<BR> <BR> 6 - Participants<BR> 71 - Species observed<BR> <BR> Spent the afternoon at Sherburne NWR. Our group was treated to some wo= nderful breading birds, with a pair of Least Bitterns being the highlight fo= r me. Here are some of my favorite sightings.<BR> <BR> @ Least Bittern - 2 observed at the Big Blue Stem Pool and one heard from th= e parking area that has interpretive signs about draw downs. <BR> @ Ruffed Grouse - heard along Blue Hill Trail<BR> @ Sandhill Crane <BR> @ Golden-winged Warbler - Heard along Blue Hill trail<BR> @ Grasshopper Sparrow - Near entrance to the wildlife drive and at the parki= ng area for the Blue Hill trail<BR> @ Lark Sparrow - several locations along the wildlife drive<BR> <BR> <BR> Craig Mandel - [email protected] - Minnetonka, MN </FONT></HTML> --part1_41.2f5301b7.2c0c263d_boundary--
