August 17, 2009 2:00 - 4:15 pm Ramsey County Spent about 2 hours checking for shorebirds in Ramsey county today, with limited success. Here are the results: @Killdeer @Lesser Yellowlegs
Snail Lake Regional Park - Grass Lake - This is the location where a Buff-breasted Sandpiper had been observed. - This area is almost completely dry, with only a few small muddy areas. I observed no shorebirds here today. Birch Lake - There are a few areas along the shoreline of this small lake that may attract shorebirds, but none were present today. Otter Lake - No Mud flats. Pelican present on the North end, in Anoka county. Bald Eagle Lake - No mud flats. White Bear Lake - There is still plenty of habitat for shorebirds here, with about 15 Killdeer present. But the only other shorebirds, I located. Were two Lesser Yellowlegs, observed just South of the Bridge to the Island. Vadnais Lake - Small mud flat in the SW corner of the lake, with about 30 Double-crested Cormorants. But there were no shorebirds today. Island Lake - Nice shoreline, with mud and rocky places for shorebirds. But no shorebirds were present today. Craig Mandel [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Minnetonka, Hennepin County ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
