Hi everyone, John Hockema, Bob Dunlap and I were able to relocate the Summer Tanager which was reported on the 16th at Chamberlain Woods SNA, near Ottawa in LeSueur County. We observed it hanging around with a female Scarlet Tanager near the parking area. Later, John and I found a pair of Western Grebes at Scotch Lake, near Cleveland. On another note, John and I were able to view 11 species of shorebirds in NW Rice County this afternoon. The best were a pair of Red-necked Phalaropes on Cody Lake near the island on the eastern end. We viewed the island from Union Lake Trail (CR 59). There were many other shorebirds present, mostly yellowlegs. There were also Franklin's Gulls, many pelicans, Black Terns, 5 species of swallow including Purple Martin, and a fly-over Osprey. Then we found a great spot farther east at the intersection of Union Lake Trail and CR 52. A very large pond with a lot of mudflats. We had 10 of our 11 species here. This area will definitely bear watching as it's fantastic! 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/20080823/bb88fc81/attachment.html
