On Friday afternoon USFWS biologists Mike Green, Stephanie Jones, Bill Howe, Tom Will, and Eric Kerschner found a single alternate-plumaged Smith's Longspur in the NW quadrat of the Yellow Bank Hills State Natural Area, a 78-acre hilly site on the east side of Pegg Lake. Observers also found and photographed a Hog-nosed Snake doing its "dead opposum" act., quite the impressive act The Smith's appears to be a new species for this small, scenic site. The site is located on the west side of County Route 7 in Augusta Township. ****************************************************************** Robert P. Russell Division of Migratory Birds Federal Building, 1 Federal Drive Ft. Snelling, MN 55111-4056 Phone: 612-713-5437 FAX: 612-713-5393 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
