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I went back after reporting this bird at the office of the park and it was = not at it's original location. I was there at about 9am for about 15 minut= es and did not see or hear it. I hope that it can be relocated in the park= . According to the MOU Checklist a Black-backed Woodpecker was seen in Was= hington County on Oct. 28 of 1964 and again in January of 1973 and January = of 1983. =20 Bob Williams, Bloomington From: Williams, Bob Sent: Sun 10/29/2006 8:40 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: [mnbird] Black-backed Woodpecker at Afton State Park, Washington C= ounty This morning about 7:30am I found a female Black-backed Woodpecker along th= e trail that leads south from the visitor's center at Afton State Park in W= ashington County. Take the trail south 0.5 kilometers(as shown on trail map= ) and take the trail to the east into the woods. This trail then loops aro= und to the south and then back to the west into a stand of very tall red pi= nes. Ths bird was working very hard on one of these pines about 30 yards p= ast the blue arrow along the path. I observed the bird for several minutes= and saw all of the distinguishing marks. The bird also called several tim= es. The people at the office were notified and I left a map with the location o= f the bird there in case these directions are confusing. Bob Williams, Bloomington ------_=_NextPart_001_01C6FB68.206B7620 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML dir=3Dltr><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV id=3DidOWAReplyText45216 dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I went back afte= r reporting this bird at the office of the park and it was not at it's orig= inal location. I was there at about 9am for about 15 minutes and did = not see or hear it. I hope that it can be relocated in the park. = ; According to the MOU Checklist a Black-backed Woodpecker was seen in Wash= ington County on Oct. 28 of 1964 and again in January of 1973 and January o= f 1983. </FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Bob Williams, Bloomington</FONT>= </DIV></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr><BR> <HR tabIndex=3D-1> <FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2><B>From:</B> Williams, Bob<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sun= 10/29/2006 8:40 AM<BR><B>To:</B> [email protected]<BR><B>Cc:</B> mnb...@= lists.mnbird.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> [mnbird] Black-backed Woodpecker at Aft= on State Park, Washington County<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size=3D2>This morning about 7:30am = I found a female Black-backed Woodpecker along the trail that leads south f= rom the visitor's center at Afton State Park in Washington County. Tak= e the trail south 0.5 kilometers(as shown on trail map) and take the trail = to the east into the woods. This trail then loops around to the south= and then back to the west into a stand of very tall red pines. Ths b= ird was working very hard on one of these pines about 30 yards past the blu= e arrow along the path. I observed the bird for several minutes and s= aw all of the distinguishing marks. The bird also called several time= s.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The people at the office were notified and= I left a map with the location of the bird there in case these directions = are confusing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Bob Williams, Bloomington</FONT></DIV></DI= V></BODY></HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C6FB68.206B7620--
