On Friday afternoon USFWS biologists Mike Green, Stephanie Jones, Bill
Howe, Tom Will, and Eric Kerschner found a single alternate-plumaged
Smith's Longspur in the NW quadrat of the Yellow Bank Hills State Natur=
al
Area, a 78-acre hilly site on the east side of Pegg Lake.  Observers al=
so
found and photographed a  Hog-nosed Snake doing its "dead opposum" act.=
,
quite the impressive act The Smith's appears to be a new species for th=
is
small, scenic site.  The site is located on the west side of County Rou=
te 7
in Augusta Township.
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Robert P. Russell
Division of Migratory Birds
Federal Building, 1 Federal Drive
Ft. Snelling, MN 55111-4056
Phone: 612-713-5437  FAX: 612-713-5393=

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