Of interest in Sherburne, Mille Lacs and Kanabec Counties since Friday: * Grasshopper Sparrow, 4/23, Sherburne NWR's Auto Tour (first of year)
* Clay-colored (or is it "coloured") Sparrow, 4/23, same location (FOY) * Marbled Godwit, 4/22, Mora (Nathan saw while returning from districts conference in Duluth) (FOY) * Brown Thrasher, 4/21, Mille Lacs County (same location as last year's early - 4/11 - bird) * Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs (small flock of 7 & 2), 4/21, Mille Lacs Lake (dozens of Horned Grebes & Common Loons on lake as well - as of Saturday still had considerable ice) - shorebirds still quiet overall up here * 186 Double-crested Cormorants, 4/21, Mille Lacs Lake (unusual for me to get FOY birds in a 100+ pack). Good birding to all & sundry. Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties
