Following reports of 65 Marbled Godwits, small flocks of Whimbrels, and other shorebirds yesterday in Duluth, I decided to look for Whimbrel and godwits along the North Shore of Lake Superior. At the mouth of the Knife River, I found 22 Whimbrel, 4 Marbled Godwits, 1 Ruddy Turnstone, 1 Red Knot, and a few peeps. Killdeer, both yellowlegs, and Solitary, Spotted, and Pectoral Sandpipers were at the Beaver Bay sewage ponds for a total of 12 species in Lake County this morning.
-- Peder H. Svingen - [email protected] - Duluth, MN
