I arrived at about 5:20pm and met with a small group of birders, including Joel Schmitt, Pete Hoeger, Chad Heins and two others whose names escape me. None had seen the dove. Milt Blomberg arrived too and together, we ended up staying til well past sunset but we never got sight of it. Plenty of walkers (some with dogs), joggers and cyclists interrupted our area a number of times. All were oblivious the area we were focused on. *Birds present were:* *Dark-eyed juncos* ~ 20 *White-throated sparrow* - 1 *BC Chickadee* *Am. Tree sparrows* reported by Chad Heins Fly-by of* sharp-shinned hawk* twice was not all that welcome. Others said it had been present earlier Flyover of Gulls, Canada Goose, Red-tailed Hawk, Common Grackles, Am. Robin, unidentified small, fast duck. -- Sincerely, Jim Ryan Saint Paul's Westside ---- "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community" - Aldo Leopold “There has been a tremendous renaissance in nature study in recent years; it has been called a form of escapism, and perhaps it is in a way, but not an escape from reality; but rather, a return to reality; a flight from unreal things.” - Roger Tory Peterson ---- ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html