I have been been periodically visiting the Dorer pools at the Whitewater WMA this Spring, and always finding a handful of shorebirds, but today there were well over 100 of them at one of the drawn-down pools. A Peregrine Falcon made a pass through the flock, and a River Otter was hanging out near the culvert between two pools. Lots of: Lesser Yellowlegs Greater Yellowlegs Pectoral Sandpiper Killdeer One each: Spotted Sandpiper Wilson's Phalarope The WMA covers Winona and Wabasha Counties, but this particular pool is in Wabasha County, along St Hwy 74, at fire marker 14947 on the east side of the road. Walk this berm to the back and you should find shorebirds. If you have the time and energy, you will probably be rewarded by walking around the whole pool (make a left at the T, and then your next left to bring you back to Hwy 74 at fire marker 14649). Other First of year birds for me today: Green Heron (Dorer pools) Northern Waterthrush (Carley State Park, Wabasha County) Dedrick Benz Winona, MN _________________________________________________________________ Rediscover Hotmail®: Now available on your iPhone or BlackBerry http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Mobile2_042009 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
