Just got back from the Felton Prairie @ 3:30 p.m. and am pleased to report that Randy Fredrickson, Joel Schmidt and I first heard and then saw the Sprague's Pipit from 8:15 to 8:45 a.m. this morning! Unlike Dedrick Benz (see email below) we parked next to the road near the south pasture fence line north of the wind turbines and walked east. Joel Schmidt first heard the bird singing not too far from where we parked. As we walked further east (1/2 to 3/4 of the way east along the fence line) all three of us could hear the bird singing on an ongoing periodic basis quite high in the sky. After searching the sky for some time eventually all three of us had good looks at the "sky larking "/singing bird. When Dennis & Barb Martin arrived around 9:00 a.m. they also heard the singing bird high overhead but unfortunately were unable to locate it. None of us every saw the bird land. Later in the morning at the site we met Mark Ottness (Spelling?) from Fargo, ND who had found a Sprague's Pipit in the same general area 20 years ago and reported that bird was also singing/"sky larking" at a very high altitude. Ron Erpelding -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dedrick Benz Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 3:38 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [mou-net] Sprague's Pipit Not Refound I spent from about 4:30AM until 7:30AM Saturday Morning at Felton Prairie. Directions were a little vague but I did my best. I spent most of my time along the "Longspur Road" south of the large pond south of CR108 and north of the windmills. This is kind of a large area to cover so it is entirely possible I missed it. I should have probably given it more time, but the lack of shade and caffeine were getting to me so I moved on! Dedrick BenzWinona, MN ---- 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