We found a mockingbird this PM in the far northwest corner of Redwood Cty. Just south of the Minnesota River on Cty Rd 7 turn west on 440th St. Go to the large open field 1 mile west. The bird was seen on both sides of the road and even went west far enough to get into Yellow Medicine Cty (just past the field) and into the Swedes Forest SNA. When we left it was still in the field to the north of the road.
Other birds of interest in the southwest over the past few days included a Common Tern (uncommon in the southwest where Forster's are always the expected tern species) on Lake of the Hills in Lyon County on 5/9. Warblers were tough to come by but sparrows were plentiful including LeContes singing several places in Yellow Medicine Cty. Eastern Towhees were seen as far west as Lincoln Cty (Hole in the Mtn Park) and as far north as Yellow Medicine (Upper Sioux State Park.) Only 16 species of shorebirds were found including one Red-necked Phalarope with 200 Wilson's Phalaropes on Lanners WMA in Yellow Medicine Cty (two miles north and two miles east of St. Leo. Dennis and Barbara Martin [email protected]
