Yesterday, here at the opulent Stivland ranch in sunny Plymouth, I flushed a raptor perched on my deck rail. Unfortunately, I was not paying attention as I slid past the window and it flew off. At first I thought it was my resident crow but as it flew away down the pond, the last thing I saw was a large dark bird with a prominent white rump patch. I got a good look at the patch but not much else. If it is a Harrier, it is a first yard bird here. I have not researched other possible, white-rump patched species. If anyone knows of any, please let me know. Thanks,
Sid Stivland Plymouth, 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
