What a difference a day makes. The 19 shorebird species reported yesterday by Drew Smith was reduced to six by late afternoon today (Happy Mother's Day). The extensive rainfall has caused the lake to rise considerably since yesterday. I expect that by tomorrow, no mudflat habitat will be present. Mark Ochs and I were able to refind the Piping Plover in addition to only five other species. Species seen were:
Piping Plover (1) Dunlin (3) Least Sanpiper (2) Spotted Sanpiper (several) Lesser Yellowlegs (30 or so) Killdeer (1) Denny and Barb Martin also reported seeing 2 Wilson's Phalaropes prior to our arrival. Jim Mattsson Dakota County
