Hello-this evening around 7pm my husband and I were travelling west on 96 (Dellwood Rd N) and noticed a commotion on the lake to the south of the road (South Twin Lake). He is convinced he saw grebes running on the water! I'm kicking myself for not turning around to go and confirm this, as I've never seen it before and would assume it was western grebes. Saw several pied-billeds on the various ponds we passed south of Hugo and west to Stillwater. Something new almost everyday since this surprising arrival of spring! I have to say as a newcomer to Minnesota the 'birding by car' has been amazing, except for the apparent Minnesota custom of tailgating-which makes it a little dangerous to hit the brakes when I see something interesting....Hard to keep my eyes on the road!
Happy birding. Danielle McLaughlin Hugo, Washington County ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
