Hi everyone, Gene Bauer, Kathy Thom and I birded about the county today to start our annual lists all over again. We ended up with 36 species, some of them pretty interesting! Highlights: Tufted Titmouse & Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - both reported during our CBC at a feeder between Cannon City and Northfield. There were also one pair of Purple Finches here. Red-headed Woodpecker - at feeder across from Nerstrand Big Woods State Park. Merlin & Northern Shrike - both within yards of each other along Cagger Trail, just north of Faribault. Other good birds: Belted Kingfisher, Lapland Longspur (one bird, but strangely no Horned Larks or Snow Buntings today), Barred Owl, 3 Rough-legged Hawks, 2 Northern Flickers, Sharp-shinned Hawk, and Pine Siskins both at feeders and in Maple Lawn Cemetery. Good birding! Dave Bartkey Faribault, MN [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
