Found all 6 species of Minnesota grebes, including a close Clark's, in the southwest corner of Lake Osakis, Douglas County. They were seen from the public access in the town of Osakis. All were present at 11:00 AM except for the two Eared Grebes. When I returned to the location at 2:00 PM the two Eareds had shown up and the Clark's Grebe along with most of the Westerns had moved further east and were in Todd County, being seen from the swimming beach on the south east corner of town. Both times the Clark's was paired with a Western and stayed fairly close to the shore.
Also in the area were the following: Hudsonian Godwits (2)-just north of Osakis on County Road 3 White-faced Ibis-breeding plumaged adult previously found by Paul Pederson and Ben Fritchman, on County Road 10, 1.2 miles north of the intersection with County Road 3. Peregrin Falcon-patrolling the marsh with the ibis thus no other shorebirds were present and the gull and ducks were very nervous. Dennis Martin [email protected]
