A hen and very young chicks were at Violette's Lock this morning. Picture at:
 
_http://pictures.aol.com/galleries/dma3/7950s4aBllK3M1ItAhzVgswojZdpUw26QUsE_ 
(http://pictures.aol.com/galleries/dma3/7950s4aBllK3M1ItAhzVgswojZdpUw26QUsE) 
 
The past few years the chicks I have seen here have all been in late May or 
June.
 
10 Bonaparte's Gulls passed through. A  Long-tailed Duck and a few Common 
Loons, Horned Grebes, Gadwalls also present.
 
Dave Czaplak



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