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From: Laura Coble [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 5:56 PM To: 'mnbird at lists.mnbird.net' Subject: Lake Byllesby, Dakota Cty Lake Byllesby, Dakota County, finally has extensive mud flat, and small flocks of shorebirds have been present this week. I've seen Dunlin (5), Pectoral Sanpiper (9), Dowitcher (Short-or Long-billed? 3) and Killdeer. Although it's uncertain that shorebirds will continue to regularly show up here at this late date, I do want to let those of you who are interested know about this. Access to the northwest end of Lake Byllesby, which is closest to the mud flats for viewing, is about 1/4 mi. east of the junction of Hwy 56 and Cty 88, at Randolph, MN. There is a turnoff on the south (lake) side of Cty 88. Walk past the metal fence, along a road/paths which lead downhill veering to your right, through some high grass, to an area open to the lake above the beach. There are additional areas along the beach which are also accessible. The west side can be difficult for viewing in the early morning, due to the position of the sun when the sky is clear, but improves after late morning. The other viewpoint is about 1/2 mi. east from the 56/88 intersection, which is the entrance to the Randolph Cemetery. Park and walk left (east) down a road to an area with an open view of the lake. Also, late this afternoon, on Lake Byllesby in Goodhue County (a county park about two miles west of Cannon Falls, north of Hwy 19) were two Horned Grebes. Laura Coble Cannon Falls -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20081031/ae8e9a9c/attachment.html
