Yesterday (7/28) afternoon Jake Musser and I birded Lake Geneva in Freeborn County and found between 500 and 600 shorebirds. The lake has been drawn down since late spring, and right now the water level is quite low with extensive mudflats present around the entire perimeter. We found 11 species:
Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper It appears that this will be an excellent shorebird location throughout the fall. Bob Dunlap, Carver County
