This morning I found what I assume to be a male Great-tailed Grackle at Odden W.P.A. in northeast Big Stone County. Unfortunately the bird never vocalized, and thus I opted to leave it at the genus level (as unlikely as a Boat-tailed would be in Minnesota).
There is a very productive marsh about three-fourths of a mile east of the intersection of CR 39 and CR 84 (the west side of the W.P.A.). The bird flew out from the center of the marsh and was initially pursued by several Common Grackles and Yellow-headed Blackbirds. I was able to get a short video of the bird in flight as it flew to the southeast and out of sight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3F3WrkHBzM Bob Dunlap -- Robert Dunlap Graduate Research Assistant Natural Resources Science and Management University of Minnesota Hodson Hall 1980 Folwell Avenue St. Paul, MN 55108 Email: [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
