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April 16/17, 2005 Enjoyed several more days birding in Wilkin and Otter tail counties over the weekend. Our group relocated several of the Short-eared Owls at the Rothsay WMA on Saturday night and also observed Prairie Chickens there and at the Otter tail Prairie today. Other highlights included observing 5 Cattle Egrets in Otter tail county and over 100 Western Grebes on the West side of Lake Osakis. Our group observed a total of 90 species for the weekend and here were some of the species and locations of those sightings: @ Greater Prairie Chicken - 4/16, 17 - Wilkin County, Rothsay WMA, CR 26, 1.5 miles West of CR 19, 300th Ave, 1 mile N of CR 26 and 190th St, 1.5 miles East of CR 15. Otter tail County, Otter tail Prairie on 140th St, . 5 miles East of CR 7. @ Horned, Red-necked & Western Grebe's - Douglas County, Lake Osakis, from boat landing in the town of Osakis, CR 10 and the boat landing on CR 10 on the NW side of the lake. @ American Bittern - Wilkin County, Rothsay WMA, 300th Ave, 2 miles N of CR 26. A single bird was observed at this location at 8:00am and 7:00pm on the 16th. @ Cattle Egret - Otter Tail County, 5 birds were observed in the NE corner of the intersection of CR 7 and 140th St at 8:10am. @ American Golden Plover, Marbled Godwit, Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral & Wilson's Snipe were observed. But only a few of each species were observed and they were widely spread out throughout the counties. @ Short-eared Owl - Wilkin County, Rothsay WMA, 190th St, 1.5 miles East of CR 15, 7:35pm - 8:10pm. We did not have time to recheck for the birds on CR 15. Craig Mandel - [email protected] - Minnetonka, MN -------------------------------1113824097 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 6.00.2900.2627" 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>April 16/17, 2005</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Enjoyed several more days birding in Wilkin and Otter tail counties ove= r=20 the weekend. Our group relocated several of the Short-eared Owls=20= at=20 the Rothsay WMA on Saturday night and also observed Prairie Chickens th= ere=20 and at the Otter tail Prairie today. Other highlights included observin= g 5=20 Cattle Egrets in Otter tail county and over 100 Western Grebes on the=20= West=20 side of Lake Osakis. Our group observed a total of 90 species for= the=20 weekend and here were some of the species and locations of those=20 sightings:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>@ Greater Prairie Chicken - 4/16, 17 - Wilkin County, Rothsay WMA, CR 2= 6,=20 1.5 miles West of CR 19, 300th Ave, 1 mile N of CR 26 and 190th St, 1.5= =20 miles East of CR 15. Otter tail County, Otter tail Prairie on 140th St, . 5=20 miles East of CR 7.</DIV> <DIV>@ Horned, Red-necked & Western Grebe's - Douglas County, Lake=20 Osakis, from boat landing in the town of Osakis, CR 10 and the boat lan= ding=20 on CR 10 on the NW side of the lake. </DIV> <DIV>@ American Bittern - Wilkin County, Rothsay WMA, 300th Ave, 2 miles N o= f CR=20 26. A single bird was observed at this location at 8:00am and 7:00pm o= n=20 the 16th.</DIV> <DIV>@ Cattle Egret - Otter Tail County, 5 birds were observed in the NE cor= ner=20 of the intersection of CR 7 and 140th St at 8:10am.</DIV> <DIV>@ American Golden Plover, Marbled Godwit, Greater & Lesser=20 Yellowlegs, Pectoral & Wilson's Snipe were observed. But only= a=20 few of each species were observed and they were widely spread out throughout= the=20 counties. </DIV> <DIV>@ Short-eared Owl - Wilkin County, Rothsay WMA, 190th St, 1.5 miles Eas= t of=20 CR 15, 7:35pm - 8:10pm. We did not have time to recheck for the birds=20= on=20 CR 15.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial size=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" PTSIZE=3D"10"= >Craig Mandel=20 - [email protected] - Minnetonka, MN </FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> -------------------------------1113824097--
