Friday's fieldtrip to Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge during the Detroit Lakes Festival of Birds delighted the entire tour busload of birders with close up looks at a Sora Rail. The bird walked the entire length of the bus along marsh grass in water by the ditch for all to see! The first stop near the Greater Prairie Chicken blind treated birders to the sounds of chickens booming on both sides of the road, with a pair of preening Sandhill Cranes nearby and singing Bobolinks within a short distance of the bus. Several species of prairie and shorebirds were also seen. Saturday fieldtrips traveled to Tamarac NWR and Rainbow Resort/Waubun Forest, while Sunday's trip will look for the Chestnut-collared Longspur at Felton Prairie. Dr. Rosalind Renfrew will deliver tonight's keynote at M State College, Detroit Lakes on her conservation work with grassland birds including the Bobolink. Other presenters included Joel Greenberg, Sue Leaf and Carrol Henderson.
cleone stewart, detroit lakes, mn ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
