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--=__PartCAE94862.0__= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable While conducting a Breeding Bird Survey in Rice Co. on 7-4-05, I saw what = I believe was a great-tailed grackle. I had never seen one before, but = the bird caught my eye as something out of the ordinary. It was a very = large grackle with a very long, keel-shaped tail. The head and neck were = much longer and more slender than a common grackle; the head appeared to = be somewhat "flat-topped" instead of rounded. =20 The bird was located on a telephone wire 0.5 mile south of the intersection= of Fairbanks Ave. and 135th St. W in Rice Co. (NE of Mazaska Lake). = Driving directions: Take Hwy. 21 west of Faribault to Mazaska Lake/Sheilds= ville. About 1 mile past Shieldsville, turn right (N) on Halstad Ave. = (Co. Rd. 62). Within 0.25 mi., turn right on Groveland Trail (Co. Rd. = 61). You will be driving N/NE. When the road turns due east, it turns = into 135th St. W (Groveland Trail continues N, but stay on 135th St.). = Travel 1 mi. on 135th St. to the intersection of Fairbanks Ave. Travel = 0.5 mi. S on Fairbanks Ave. to the grackle location. =20 Emily Hutchins Private Lands Specialist DNR Area Wildlife Office 8485 Rose St. Owatonna, MN 55060 (507) 455-5841 --=__PartCAE94862.0__= Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: HTML <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1"= > <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1476" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Tahoma"> <DIV>While conducting a Breeding Bird Survey in Rice Co. on 7-4-05, I saw = what I believe was a great-tailed grackle. I had never seen one = before, but the bird caught my eye as something out of the ordinary. = It was a very large grackle with a very long, keel-shaped tail. The = head and neck were much longer and more slender than a common grackle; the = head appeared to be somewhat "flat-topped" instead of rounded.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The bird was located on a telephone wire 0.5 mile south of the = intersection of Fairbanks Ave. and 135th St. W in Rice Co. (NE of Mazaska = Lake). Driving directions: Take Hwy. 21 west of Faribault to = Mazaska Lake/Sheildsville. About 1 mile past Shieldsville, turn = right (N) on Halstad Ave. (Co. Rd. 62). Within 0.25 mi., turn right = on Groveland Trail (Co. Rd. 61). You will be driving N/NE. = When the road turns due east, it turns into 135th St. W (Groveland Trail = continues N, but stay on 135th St.). Travel 1 mi. on 135th St. to = the intersection of Fairbanks Ave. Travel 0.5 mi. S on Fairbanks = Ave. to the grackle location.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Emily Hutchins<BR>Private Lands Specialist<BR>DNR Area Wildlife = Office<BR>8485 Rose St.<BR>Owatonna, MN 55060<BR>(507) 455-5841<BR></= DIV></BODY></HTML> --=__PartCAE94862.0__=--
