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I ran three BBS routes in western MN this week and found Henslow's Sparrow's (singles) on all three routes in Big Stone, Kandiyohi, and Traverse Counties; found 14 Upland Sandpipers (12 in soybean fields, one in corn, and one possibly calling from a small prairie within a cornfield), Gray Partridge in Stearns and Traverse, Northern Bobwhite calling from weeds in the vicinity of a barn in Stevens County with a sign "Red Deer Farm (I assume if they can import red deer, they could afford a few quail eggs), Eurasian Collard Dove (first Stearns county record I believe) in Brooten along Hwy 55 on the west end of town where the highway curves NW, and a calling King Rail in potential breeding habitat in far, far western MN, the location which can't be revealed due to the bird's vulnerability to any disturbance (my decision, sorry folks). I vaguely recall mention of a possible little blue heron near the I-694--I-494 interchange a few days ago (I'm living on 4 hours of sleep a night this week and not real awake). Well I saw the bird at 65 mph too and my impression was far too gray for an LBH but just right for a redddish egret (recorded from NE IL a few years back) but in 2 seconds I didn't note any obvious reddish behavior--someone needs to figure out a safe way to see that bird and get a firm ID--it is the most dangerous place to see a bird I've ever seen!!! Bob Russell, Dakota County --part1_52e.f3b358.31ce227b_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY= =3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">I ran three BBS routes in western M= N this week and found Henslow's Sparrow's (singles) on all three routes in B= ig Stone, Kandiyohi, and Traverse Counties; found 14 Upland Sandpipers (12 i= n soybean fields, one in corn, and one possibly calling from a small prairie= within a cornfield), Gray Partridge in Stearns and Traverse, Northern Bobwh= ite calling from weeds in the vicinity of a barn in Stevens County with a si= gn "Red Deer Farm (I assume if they can import red deer, they could afford a= few quail eggs), Eurasian Collard Dove (first Stearns county record I= believe) in Brooten along Hwy 55 on the west end of town where the highway=20= curves NW, and a calling King Rail in potential breeding habitat in far, far= western MN, the location which can't be revealed due to the bird's vulnerab= ility to any disturbance (my decision, sorry folks). I vaguely recall=20= mention of a possible little blue heron near the I-694--I-494 interchange a=20= few days ago (I'm living on 4 hours of sleep a night this week and not real=20= awake). Well I saw the bird at 65 mph too and my impression was far to= o gray for an LBH but just right for a redddish egret (recorded from NE IL a= few years back) but in 2 seconds I didn't note any obvious reddish behavior= --someone needs to figure out a safe way to see that bird and get a firm ID-= -it is the most dangerous place to see a bird I've ever seen!!! Bob Ru= ssell, Dakota County</FONT></HTML> --part1_52e.f3b358.31ce227b_boundary--
