I have a second hand report of a probable Hudsonian Godwit flushed from some water between the mendota bridge and the lookout across the river from the airport.
I found a possibe Prairie Falcon atop a spruce tree along 35w in Burnsville between CR42 and Burnsville Pkwy at about 10am. the bird was small for a Red-tail and too long and lanky. It was a pale brown with no red or large bands in the tail. Wings were longish, too long for an acipiter and I did not see fluffy under tail coverts. Did not get a good look at its face as it was looking down, but its color was also pale, lacking a helmet. Chest and belly were uniformly streaked brownish. Habitat wrong for Prairie Falcon, but I can think of no alternative ID. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2 at comcast.net _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list mou-net at cbs.umn.edu http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net
