5/29/2006 Spent the afternoon with Rick Specht birding in Rice county. We started out in search of the previously reported Snowy Egret, but were unsuccessful in our search. We did observe many Great Egrets moving in and out of the marsh, between 3 and 5pm. The edges of the marsh are covered with grass or reeds and Cattails. At times all of the Great Egrets would disappear into the grassy areas. So it is very possible that the Snowy Egret was there, but not visible. There were Dickcissel's along CR 12, just East of CR 72 and an Orchard Oriole was observed along CR 72 about 2/10th of a mile South of CR 12.
@ Dickcissel @ Orchard Oriole Craig Mandel, Minnetonka, MN [email protected]
