Out with Val Cunningham today and found the following in Dakota County: 140th Street Marsh area:
rusty blackbirds American wigeon lesser scaup ring-neck duck shovelers red-heads grenn-winged teal 210th Street Empire Station western meadowlark gray partridge vesper sparrow Also of note (at least to us) was a huge movement of pelicans. At one point people were pulling over asking us what the large white birds were. We told one old dude at least seven times that they were pelicans. I'm not sure if he was hard of hearing or just didn't believe us. Sharon Stiteler Uptown, Minneapolis -- "How much wood could a woodcock spin, if a woodcock could spin wood?" Paul Johnsgard
