I n May, I was walking through the parking lot at Rosedale late in the afternoon, no binoculars handy, when I saw three birds soaring near the intersection of Hwy. 36 and I35W. Two were clearly crows but what was the third larger bird? It was very dark, unlike juvenile eagles although the relative size did make me consider that. Maybe a raven, but it didn't look quite right for that either and it would have been a bit too far south for a raven . Looking towar ds the sun and with no bins, I was unable to identify the bird by eye but it was intriguing.
The nex t day, a Black Vulture was reported and photographed in North Oaks, only a few miles as the vulture flies from where I saw the mystery bird. Was that the bird? Perhaps but I'll never know. Jeanne Tanamachi Lauderdale MN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al Schirmacher" <alschirmac...@live.com> To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Sent: Sunday, August 7, 2011 9:36:08 AM Subject: [mou-net] Best Bird While Not Birding? Sometimes the best birds show up while doing something else. Golden Eagle at a business convention dinner - Violet-green Swallow during a meeting break (both pointed out by non-birders) - Prairie Falcon while reading in my chair - Tri-colored Heron while visiting relatives - sure there have been others. You? Al Schirmacher ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
