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I awoke early yesterday spent the day in Lac Qui Parle county. Some highlights: Yellow-billed Cuckoos - a total of five found for the day along the MN River, at LQP State Park and at the LQP county park. Orchard Orioles - rather common throughout. They outnumbered the Baltimore Orioles. Dickcissels - abundant in prairie/grassland areas Upland Sandpipers and Grasshopper Sparrows were also easy to find in prairie/grassland areas. American Bitterns - two seen at dusk along county road 15 one-two miles south of the Big Stone NWR headquarters Least Bittern - one fly-by at pool #4, east side of county road 15 about one mile south of the MN River. There were roughly 50-60 Lesser Yellowlegs in the east pool of Big Stone NWR. I viewed this area by taking a gravel road into the refuge south from Big Stone county road 21. Also, present was an unexpected Willet! Regards. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C69853.359766A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 6.5.7036.0"> <TITLE>Notes from Lac Qui Parle county</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> <P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I = awoke early yesterday</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> spent the = day</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT = SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">in Lac Qui Parle county.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial"> Some highlights:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">Yellow-billed Cuckoos</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> a total of five found for = the day along</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial"> MN River, at LQ</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">P</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> State = Park</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT = SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> and at the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">LQP</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">county = park</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT = SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">Orchard Orioles</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> rather common throughout. = They outnumbered the Baltimore Orioles</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">Dickcissels</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> abundant in = prairie/grassland areas</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">Upland Sandpipers</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial"> and Grasshopper Sparrows were also easy to find = in</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT = SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">prairie/grassland</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial"> areas.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">American Bitterns</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> two seen at dusk along = county road 15 one-two miles south of the Big Stone = NWR</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT = SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">headquarters</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Least = Bittern</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> = <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial"> one fly-by at pool #4, east side of county road 15 about = one mile south of the MN River.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">There = were</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> = <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">roughly 50-60</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial"> Lesser Yellowlegs</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">in the east pool of Big Stone NWR. I viewed this area by = taking a gravel road into the refuge south from Big Stone county road = 21. Also, present was an unexpected Willet!</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 = FACE=3D"Arial">Regards</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">…</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P> <BR> <BR> <BR> </BODY> </HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C69853.359766A0--