Of some interest yesterday, 9 April, was a Snowy Egret in Big Stone = County's Otrey Township, along CR 67 1.0 mile south of CR 10.
A few years ago Tom Tustison (2001) wrote that the state's earliest = Snowy Egret was 10 April 1981 in Anoka County, meaning, I guess, that = yesterday's Snowy represents a new early date (by all of one day). Phil Chu Department of Biology St. John's University Collegeville, MN 56321 Tustison, T. 2001. Influx of Snowy Egrets into Minnesota: spring 2000 = migratory movement. Loon 73:3-7.=20
