Chet Meyers writes: This morning Nancy Jackson and I birded parts of Dakota COunty. After getting great looks at the prairie warbler at Ritter Farm Park (8:30 a.m.) we hiked to the Empire substation (near the Jirek Sod Farms) and found singing dickcisels and grashopper sparrows. In the same area, (along Cty 81) we found loggerhead shrikes and more dickcisels. 180th St. marsh did not provide much action. We were hoping for least bittern. Chet Meyers, Hennepin County
