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Hello Birders, Three of us from Sioux Falls headed to SW Minnesota today. Luverne/Blue Mounds is only about 30 minutes from us. We saw 64 sp. with some very good birds. Refound the Winter Wren, Pine Siskin and the Purple Finch and saw a Gray-cheeked and Swainson's Thrush in the same area as the wren. Missed the E Collared Dove, but that's why we go birding the next time. We saw a few American Pipit and a possible Sprague's (at Touch-the-Sky Prairie), many sparrow incl. several Harris' in various plumages and a few warbler: the best for us was Canada. Many Meadowlarks were singing at the prairie. There was an immature male Great-tailed Grackle at the Luverne "ponds" as well as a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, a few dowitcher (some Identifiable as Short-billed), yellowlegs (one Lesser called), a pair of Common Snipe and a few Least Sandpiper. Of course, if you're wondering, we didn't miss the many Killdeer. Cackling Geese and Gadwall and a lone Redhead were present. But the best bird for us was a Pileated Woodpecker in the grove along the RR tracks at the Luverne ponds. What a sight for SW MN or SE SD! Sharing is half the fun of birding. Doug Chapman Cary Feldman Mick Zerr Sioux Falls, SD --part1_1f8.bb142f.2e9da779_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" FACE=3D"Gen= eva" FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" SIZE=3D"2">Hello Birders,<BR> <BR> Three of us from Sioux Falls headed to SW Minnesota today. Luverne/Blue Moun= ds is only about 30 minutes from us.<BR> <BR> We saw 64 sp. with some very good birds. Refound the Winter Wren, Pine Siski= n and the Purple Finch and saw a Gray-cheeked and Swainson's Thrush in the s= ame area as the wren. Missed the E Collared Dove, but that's why we go birdi= ng the next time.<BR> <BR> We saw a few American Pipit and a possible Sprague's (at Touch-the-Sk= y Prairie), many sparrow incl. several Harris' in various plumages and a few= warbler: the best for us was Canada. Many Meadowlarks were singing at the p= rairie.<BR> <BR> There was an immature male Great-tailed Grackle at the Luverne "ponds" as we= ll as a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, a few dowitcher (some Identifiable as Short= -billed), yellowlegs (one Lesser called), a pair of Common Snipe and a few L= east Sandpiper. Of course, if you're wondering, we didn't miss the many Kill= deer. Cackling Geese and Gadwall and a lone Redhead were present.<BR> <BR> But the best bird for us was a Pileated Woodpecker in the grove along the RR= tracks at the Luverne ponds. What a sight for SW MN or SE SD!<BR> <BR> Sharing is half the fun of birding.<BR> <BR> Doug Chapman<BR> Cary Feldman<BR> Mick Zerr<BR> Sioux Falls, SD</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" FACE=3D"Geneva" FAMILY=3D"SANS= SERIF" SIZE=3D"2"></FONT></HTML> --part1_1f8.bb142f.2e9da779_boundary--
