Last Saturday I went to a concert at Lake Harriet. I found a very vocal Broadwinged Hawk in Robert's Sanctuary. During the concert, a Cooper's Hawk flew past the bandshell, escourted by the local nesting Barn Swallows. I may have seen a non-breeding plumage loon flying over the lake.
On Monday, I observed two Kestrels at 180th Street, a strong indication that the young in the nest box have probably fledged. I also found a Loggerhead Shrike on the wire along 170th Street east of Goodwin (CR85). Most interesting was the Merlin that flew about ten feet over my car today (Thursday) at Smith and Cherokee on the west side of st. paul. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2 at comcast.net
