April 24, 2006 Was out for a full day of birding for the first time in about 2 months. Spent the day birding along the Minnesota River Valley with Jeanne and Rick Specht. We did not encounter any unusual birds and overall the birding was rather quite.
We started our day at the St. Peter Sewage ponds. While there is good habitat for shorebirds there, we only observed a single greater Yellowlegs there. But this should be a good spot as things pick up. We also found 6 or 7 flooded fields along the North side of the Minnesota River between Courtland, in Nicollet County and Morton in Renville county. There were American White Pelicans and a mix of waterfowl throughout the area but the only shorebirds were a few Killdeer. We did see some small flocks of Yellow-rumped Warblers, Ruby-crowned Kinglets and had singing Clay-colored and Field Sparrows in a few locations. Our last bird of the day was a small flock of Chimney Swifts near Jordan. Craig Mandel, Minnetonka, MN [email protected]
