Scott Meyer, Judy Morris-Meyer, Birgit Johnson and I found a *Vesper Sparrow *in the lawn just north of the playground located in the northwest part of Veteran's Park around 9:20 am this morning. If we hadn't taken this extra spur as Scott suggested, we wouldn't have seen this bird--sparrowdipity! This is the earliest I have seen this species in Minnesota.
Other interesting birds included lots of Northern Flickers, FOY Eastern Phoebe, a FOY Yellow-rumped Warbler, and several Fox Sparrows. Here are a couple links to lousy photos I took--they are so blurry that I think you can also make out BigFoot. http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexcruzjr/6886118274/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexcruzjr/6886125016/ Looking up, Alex Cruz St Paul/Crystal; Ramsey/Hennepin Counties ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
