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I participated in the ICF Crane Count for Ramsey County today, Saturday, 4/22, and had one of the most remarkable mornings of my birding "career." My count site was Poplar Lake. I observed from Sherwood Road, just south of Ramsey Co. Road J, across from the county compost site. I heard sandhill cranes from 5:35 a.m. till 7:18 a.m. (count ended at 7:30 a.m.). They were doing the Unison call, which suggests a breeding pair. Great news! Other birds of note: Many woodcocks calling and whirring before dawn. Northern goshawk Pair of osprey on the breeding platform, once harassed by a third osprey. Loons (2), calling in flight. Turkeys, including one tom perched in the top of a tree for the first hour. An excellent morning, Clay Christensen --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_24147_1145719834_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <html><body> <DIV>I participated in the ICF Crane Count for Ramsey County today, Saturday, 4/22, and had one of the most remarkable mornings of my birding "career."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My count site was Poplar Lake. I observed from Sherwood Road, just south of Ramsey Co. Road J, across from the county compost site.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I heard sandhill cranes from 5:35 a.m. till 7:18 a.m. (count ended at 7:30 a.m.). They were doing the Unison call, which suggests a breeding pair. Great news!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Other birds of note:</DIV> <DIV>Many woodcocks calling and whirring before dawn.</DIV> <DIV>Northern goshawk</DIV> <DIV>Pair of osprey on the breeding platform, once harassed by a third osprey.</DIV> <DIV>Loons (2), calling in flight.</DIV> <DIV>Turkeys, including one tom perched in the top of a tree for the first hour.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>An excellent morning,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Clay Christensen</DIV></body></html> --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_24147_1145719834_0--
