To add to Craig Mandel's posting from April 5, here are some more sightings from SW Minn that might be of interest. Barb Akre and I birded Martin, Jackson, Rock, Pipestone & Lyon Co's Mon PM - Wed AM: very nice weather in the mid-upper 70s Mon & Tue, but the birding was generally very dull, especially for land/woods birds. Even Wednesday's cold front failed to result in any increase in bird activity:
Cackling Goose - 4 April, Pierce L, Martin Co; 5 April, gravel pit pond near Blue Mounds SP, Rock Co (no other migrant geese) Common Loon - 5 April, Split Rock Creek SP, Pipestone Co Am Golden-Plover - 5 April, Pipestone sewage ponds, Pipestone Co Greater Yellowlegs - 6 April, Black Rush Lake WPA, Lyon Co Baird's Sandpiper - 5 April, Luverne sewage ponds, Rock Co; 6 April, Sham L, Lyon Co Franklin's Gull - 6 April, landfill by Black Rush Lake, Lyon Co Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4 April, Fairmont, Martin Co Vesper Sparrow - 5 April, Rock R just N of Luverne, Rock Co (only 5 sparrow species seen, including fewer than 50 Dark-eyed Juncoes in 3 days) Kim Eckert
