Hi everyone, John Hockema and I birded today and found 4 Buff-breasted Sandpipers at the sod farms on the northwest corner of where Hwy. 60 (Kenyon Blvd.) and Ibson Ave. meet. This is the same field where we found some last year. The birds were foraging in the strip of exposed earth viewed easily from either Ibson Ave. or Hwy. 60.
Also seen from this location today were 2 American Golden Plovers and a nice surprise; a flyover Swainson's Hawk! After John and I had been there for awhile, a man working at the sod farm came out to see what we were up to. I explained what we were looking at and he was very friendly and understanding. He had no problem with us being there pointing binoculars and scopes at them while they worked. I say this so others do not feel intimidated by the workers being present. They know what we're there for now! John and I also found a nice little marsh with some good shorebirds in Waseca County this afternoon just north of Rice Lake on C.R. 10. The following were present: Semipalmated Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Killdeer Wilson's Snipe Good birding! Dave Bartkey Faribault, MN screechowl at charter.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080811/5319ca1b/attachment.html
