Jim Hughes and I recorded 133 species on a very enjoyable Minnesota Big Day on Monday (4/30/07).
The total included only nine shorebird species and three warbler species. Some highlights are below. At Cedar Creek, Anoka County: Grasshopper Sparrow At Carlos Avery, Anoka County: Yellow Rail (multiple locations on the drive from Pool 1 to Pool 10) At Murphy-Hanrehan, Scott County: Henslow's Sparrow Le Conte's Sparrow Eastern Towhee Nashville Warbler At Black Dog, Dakota County: Warbling Vireo (along with nesting Peregrine Falcon, Bald Eagle, Osprey, Belted Kingfisher, and Bank Swallow) At Lake Osakis, Douglas County: Horned Grebe Greater Scaup Near Pelican Lake, Grant County: Cattle Egret (4 birds at the "traditional" location near the southeast portion of the lake) At Felton Prairie, Clay County: Lark Sparrow Greater Prairie-Chicken Loggerhead Shrike Bonaparte's Gull Lapland Longspur Chestnut-collared Longspur Marbled Godwit Upland Sandpiper At the Thief River Falls lagoons, Pennington County: Snow Goose Eared Grebe At Agassiz, Marshall County: American Bittern Greater Yellowlegs Long-billed Dowitcher (ID confirmed by flight call) At the Highway 310 bog, Roseau County: Winter Wren Brown Creeper Ruffed Grouse Golden-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush Tom Nelson Ramsey County P.S. When we reached the Crookston lagoons in Polk County, we found the gates locked and a "new" sign saying "...trespassing for any purpose is strictly forbidden". -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070502/932d82ae/attachment-0001.html
