We saw Western Kingbirds in two Anoka County locations this afternoon. At about 5:15pm, exiting Hwy 10 eastbound to CR9/Round Lake Blvd, one flew across in front of the car. We turned right and then right again at the first light into a road marked "Private road, no through traffic", followed that around and spotted 3 Western Kingbirds and 4 Eastern Kingbirds going back and forth from some pines and a fence by them to the utility wires. There were a gazillion starlings, so if you don't see the Kingbirds first, you'll have to sort through them. Also saw a Vesper Sparrow. After running our errands, decided to go check further out Hwy 10 where had seen them previously. Turned left at CR56/Ramsey Blvd (I reported one here June 8) at 6:20pm and saw one on the fence at the first curve, about 100' in, great looks at it since we weren't looking against a bright sky. About 5 min later, saw two on the utility wire along Hwy 10 just west of the intersection, though one could have been a duplicate. Skunked at Jarvis St on the Elk River border and along the Cargill Farm on 165th Ave.
Erika Sitz Ramsey, north Anoka County
