Diane and I went over to Steele County to see the White-faced Ibis that was previously reported by Al Batt and the Vails (thanks for posting the info). We easily found the ibis at the south end of the marsh where we were able to get excellent looks at it as it walked along the open shoreline. It is a very nicely plumaged bird - very striking. We also found an excellent shorebird location in a flooded field just south of the marsh on a dead end road (to the east off of Hwy 45). There was one Hudsonian Godwit there along with many Wilson's Phalaropes, Semi-palmated Plovers and Semi-palmated Sandpipers, some Baird's, White-rumped and Spotted Sandpipers and also a Lesser Yellowlegs. The flooded field was quite close to the road so we were provided with great views of the shorebirds. Bob Ekblad Olmsted County in Southeast Minnesota ekblad at frontiernet.net http://www.Birding-Minnesota.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080525/1eb2870a/attachment-0001.html
