Birded Mille Lacs County and a bit of northern Sherburne Saturday. First of years:
* Lincoln's Sparrow, temporary ag ponds north of Princeton * Franklin's Gull, Lake Fremont near Zimmerman * Purple Martin, west side of Mille Lacs Lake (beginning to open up) * Lapland Longspur (probable, female in interesting plumage), west side of Mille Lacs Lake * Northern Waterthrush (Kathio Park, in roadway - as were many birds during the snowstorm - bit early for northern Mille Lacs County). Good birding to all. Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties
