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6/13/2005 A Henslow's Sparrow was heard and observed at the Rapid's Lake Unit of the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, June 11, during the Refuge's Bio Blitz. I did not get the name of the Volunteer, who initially reported the bird. But was asked to confirm the sighting if time permitted as this species has not been reported on the Refuge in many years. Today I was able to hear the bird, but never was able to view the bird. It was calling intermittently between 11:00am and 1:00pm. Note if you try walking the field, that there are a number of Grasshopper Sparrows. Two of which I observed carrying food. So be careful not to step on any nests! Here are the directions to the Unit. Carver County Rapid's Lake Unit Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Main trailhead on Carver CR 45. >From the Twin Cities, go South on Hwy 169 to the town of Jordan. At the Traffic Signal on Hwy 169, in the town of Jordan turn Right on Scott CR 9. Stay on CR 9, until it becomes Carver CR 45, on the West side of the Minnesota River. Continue for about 2 miles on CR 45 and you will see a large gravel parking area, with a low brown fence around it on your right. This is the new parking area for the Rapid's Lake unit and the bird was heard to the South East of this parking lot. Craig Mandel - [email protected] - Minnetonka, MN -------------------------------1118696398 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><FONT id=3Drole_document face=3DArial=20= color=3D#000000=20 size=3D2> <DIV>6/13/2005</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>A Henslow's Sparrow was heard and observed at the Rapid's Lake Unit of=20= the=20 Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, June 11, during the=20 Refuge's Bio Blitz. I did not get the name of the Volunteer, who=20 initially reported the bird. But was asked to confirm the sighting if=20= time=20 permitted as this species has not been reported on the Refuge in many=20 years. Today I was able to hear the bird, but never was able to v= iew=20 the bird. It was calling intermittently between 11:00am and=20 1:00pm.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Note if you try walking the field, that there are a number of Grasshopp= er=20 Sparrows. Two of which I observed carrying food. So be care= ful=20 not to step on any nests! </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Here are the directions to the Unit.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Carver County</DIV> <DIV>Rapid's Lake Unit </DIV> <DIV>Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge</DIV> <DIV>Main trailhead on Carver CR 45.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>From the Twin Cities, go South on Hwy 169 to the town of=20 Jordan. At the Traffic Signal on Hwy 169, in the town of Jordan t= urn=20 Right on Scott CR 9. Stay on CR 9, until it becomes Carver CR 45, on t= he=20 West side of the Minnesota River. Continue for about 2 miles on CR 45=20= and=20 you will see a large gravel parking area, with a low brown fence around it o= n=20 your right. This is the new parking area for the Rapid's Lake unit and= the=20 bird was heard to the South East of this parking lot.</DIV> <DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial size=3D2 PTSIZE=3D"10" FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"= >Craig Mandel=20 - [email protected] - Minnetonka, MN=20 </FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML> -------------------------------1118696398--
