Greetings:
We left Monday morning and stopped at the Albany, Mn. sewage ponds There we
saw Wilson Phalropes 25-30, Savannah Sparrow, Cliff Swallows, a Willet, and
Tree and Cliff Swallows. Across the road from the sewage ponds we saw a Bald
Eagle sitting on its nest.
Our host and hostess for the week were Gordon and Artis Martinson, with whom
we have birded in their area and in our area for the past 20 years. They are
good birders, At breakfast Wednesday morning we were happy to see a
Black-headed Grosbeak stop by their bird feeder outside their breakfast area.
It was so different from the Baltimore and Orchard Orioles that had been
feeding on the oranges It was a much darker bird, with more black than the
Baltimore Orioles. We noted the short grose bill and that it was eating seeds,
not feeding on the orange halves.
We had a small warbler wave north of Breckenridge, west of Rothsay including
Wilson, Mourning, Magnolis, Yellow, Tennessee and Blackburnian warblers.
Martinsons and we noted the abundance of Bobolinks.
Friday we birded in Clay County hoping to see the Burrowing Owl as reported
by Connie Norheim. We were fortunate in that we did get to see it. It was
located about 30-40 feet south of the pile of dirt Connie mentioned. We aso
were fortunate that we got to see the Red-headed Woodpecker in a dead tree
north of Moorhead across from Oak Mound School.
We also found a Sprague 's Pipit and many Marbled Godwits in Felton prairie
area. In one of the pot holes south of CR 108, we saw a Common Loon. We noted
that there were more Eastern Kingbirds than Western Kingbirds.
For four days of birding we saw 101 species.
Forest Strnad
Faribault, MN..
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