This afternoon a Least Bittern was calling from the marsh behind the
shorebird area at the WMA one mile north of the town of Nicollet on
the east side of Hwy. 111. This is the earliest I have ever observed
one in MN; I usually don't see them until the latter half of May.
The water levels are remaining a bit high for shorebirds at this
location, although there are some spots with lower water and mudflats
holding a few shorebirds. Today there were Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral
Sandpipers, and Dunlins here.
For some reason, I haven't found any Willets or Avocets either here or
at the Nicollet sewage ponds even though they seem to be present in
just about every other southern county right now.
Bob Dunlap, Nicollet County
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