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1/24/05 Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter Southeast Minnesota Field Trip Report 9 - participants 31 - species observed Spring was in the air in Southern Minnesota on Monday. We observed small flocks of Horned Larks in several locations in Fillmore and Houston County's, plus 3 Eastern Bluebirds along Houston CR 5 about 5 miles East of town of Caledonia. Northern Cardinals, Black-capped Chickadee's and Tufted Titmice were in full song. Including one Tufted Titmouse seen and heard near a large feeding station along Houston CR 5, about 5 miles East of the town of Caledonia. We missed on our try for the Varied Thrush reported in Rochester. We were there between 8:00 and 8:30am. We were also unsuccessful in our search for Golden Eagles along Houston CR 5. Here are some of the species observed by our group: @ Wild Turkey - 3:00 - 4:30pm - Houston CR 5 - Several flocks were observed between CR 23 & CR 31. @ Rough-legged Hawk - 5 or 6 birds were seen in scattered locations in Olmsted, Fillmore and Houston Counties. Including one Dark Morph bird in Rochester near the intersection of S. Broadway and 16th Ave. SW. @ Northern Flicker - observed by a small portion of the group at the top of a bluff near the feeding station on Houston CR 5. @ Horned Lark @ Tufted Titmouse @ Eastern Bluebird @ Purple Finch @ Pine Siskin -------------------------------1106660767 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUS-ASCII"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=3Drole_body style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY:=20= Arial"=20 bottomMargin=3D7 leftMargin=3D7 topMargin=3D7 rightMargin=3D7><FONT id=3Drol= e_document=20 face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size=3D2> <DIV>1/24/05</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter</DIV> <DIV>Southeast Minnesota</DIV> <DIV>Field Trip Report</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>9 - participants</DIV> <DIV>31 - species observed</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Spring was in the air in Southern Minnesota on Monday. We=20 observed small flocks of Horned Larks in several locations in Fillmore and=20 Houston County's, plus 3 Eastern Bluebirds along Houston CR 5 about 5 m= iles=20 East of town of Caledonia. Northern Cardinals, Black-capped Chickadee'= s=20 and Tufted Titmice were in full song. Including one Tufted Titmouse se= en=20 and heard near a large feeding station along Houston CR 5, about 5 miles Eas= t of=20 the town of Caledonia. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>We missed on our try for the Varied Thrush reported in Rochester. = We=20 were there between 8:00 and 8:30am. We were also unsuccessful in our=20 search for Golden Eagles along Houston CR 5. Here are some of the spec= ies=20 observed by our group:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>@ Wild Turkey - 3:00 - 4:30pm - Houston CR 5 - Several flocks were obse= rved=20 between CR 23 & CR 31.</DIV> <DIV>@ Rough-legged Hawk - 5 or 6 birds were seen in scattered locations in=20 Olmsted, Fillmore and Houston Counties. Including one Dark Morph bird=20= in=20 Rochester near the intersection of S. Broadway and 16th Ave. SW.</DIV> <DIV>@ Northern Flicker - observed by a small portion of the group at the to= p of=20 a bluff near the feeding station on Houston CR 5.</DIV> <DIV>@ Horned Lark</DIV> <DIV>@ Tufted Titmouse</DIV> <DIV>@ Eastern Bluebird</DIV> <DIV>@ Purple Finch</DIV> <DIV>@ Pine Siskin</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> -------------------------------1106660767--
