Inspired by the adventures of Mssr. Bartkey and Hockema, I decided to head over to Steele County Sunday, and I turned out to be a good trip! The highlight came right away, with 33 American Avocets hanging out in the small wetland just west of the park entrance on Cty 19. The pond was pretty crowded, highlighted by:
33 American Avocets 9 Willets 3 Wilson's Phalarope Several Yellowlegs of both sp. Waterfowl included, American Wigeon, Canada Goose, and Blue-winged Tea. Rice Lake SP: 2 Western Grebes 1 Snow Goose 1 Horned Grebe 4 Red-breasted Mergansers Missed on the Red-necked Grebe, but did hear Marsh Wrens and saw a few Forster's Terns Flooded field entrance just east of park entrance: 2 American Pipits Straight River Marsh: 8 Wilson's Phalarope 3 Willets 2 Redhead (!) Sadly, no Hudsonian Back in Winona, at the Verchota Landing: 5 SB Dowitchers (I was watching with Dedrick Benz, and we base this on a call uttered by one bird) 1 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Dunlin 1 Northern Waterthrush the usual Yellowlegs and a Semipalmated Plover Good Birding Dave Williams ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
