Jon Swanson and I went down looking for the Varied Thrush near Hastings, MN and we were able to quickly find it. It was present from when we arrived at 8:30AM till we left two hours later. The home owner is so gracious, came out to talk with us and told us where to look for the bird. Might be nice to bring along some bird seed if you visit since he was talking about how much seed he goes through each week. By the way, someone left their Sibley Bird Guide there when they visited. If you are missing it he hung onto it for you.
http://www.naturepixels.com/IMG_0011.jpg http://www.naturepixels.com/IMG_0122.jpg http://www.naturepixels.com/IMG_0159.jpg http://www.naturepixels.com/IMG_0185.jpg http://www.naturepixels.com/IMG_0218.jpg We went looking for the Townsend's Solitaire at Carpenter Nature Center. We were told by the person at the visitor's center it had not been seen recently. I think I know why. Most of the mature cedars along the trail where it was being seen had been cut down and were piled up. Other trees had been cut too and were being shredded by a wood chipper while were there. I am sure there is a good reason for the thinning out of the trees, but we were disappointed after hiking down there. Regards, Terry Terry Brashear Hennepin County, MN http://www.naturepixels.com birdnird AT yahoo.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
