Today at about 11:30 am, I saw a small flock of Snow Buntings flying back and forth over the grass field near the north cul-de-sac pond in Western Industrial Park, located on 284th St.  It's on the west side of highway 56, about a half mile north of Hwy 88 and the town of Randolph.  I also had a close look at two Trumpeter Swans on Lake Byllesby late yesterday.  

Otherwise, the lake and industrial park have been mostly  empty when I've been there, except for a few gulls, many crows, Tree Sparrows and SC Juncos at the Lakeside Cemetery, plus the regulars.

I have seen a good number of Red-tailed Hawks and American Kestrels along Hwy 88, 180th Marsh,140th St. Marsh, Hwy 85, Pine Bend Trail and Fahey Avenue, near Spring Lake Park.  At 140th Marsh, I recently was surprised to see two late American White Pelicans fly over, fairly low, aiming northeast for the Mississippi River.

Laura Coble
Cannon Falls
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