Driving around just outside the Twin Cities, I have been struck by how birdless it appears. I am seeing very few birds besides trash birds (pigeons, starlings, house sparrows), crows, and an occasional Red-tailed Hawk, often seen paired up. I did find a Kestrel today on Hwy 55 near just west of Hamel.
We have a Northern Flicker that has been coming to our feeders in Eagan occassionally in the morning. Lastly, I found a gray-morph Gyrfalcon in my travels this weekend. It was pretty exciting, but I was asleep at the time, so I did not note the location. but, I am not about to start a list of birds I remember from my dreams. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected]
