Found a American Golden Plover on the marsh 1 mile west of Montrose on State Highway 12 today. This is a bit early (according to Janssen ties second earliest date) and the plumage confused me for awhile. The bird looked a lot more like a European Golden Plover if you were to go by the Sibley guide alone. Since the likelihood of a european here in Minnesota borders on the impossible I am sure that it was an American Golden Plover but the plumage is not something that I am used to.
Also present was a yellowlegs(not studied as to species) and 50 or so Killdear. This marsh has a lot of mud showing and if we don't get rain will be very good for spring shorebirds. By the way I tend to agree with Mike H. Scary thought! There are so few messaages on this listserve now that is almost hard to call it a listserve. Dennis Martin [email protected]
