Craig Mandel and I ventured down to Dakota County this afternoon in search of shorebirds. We saw no Buff-breasted Sandpipers during our visit; the only shorebirds there were Killdeer and one Solitary Sandpiper.
Other birds seen were 2-3 Sandhill Cranes, Peregrine Falcon, and Horned Larks. A lot of the sod farm fields at Castle Rock have been converted to corn and soybean, so habitat is a bit more limited there. >From what I have heard from other birders, this area was empty yesterday as >well, but the day before that, there were several shorebirds: Pectoral >Sandpipers, American Golden-Plovers, and an Upland Sandpiper. So it looks like >shorebird diversity is changing daily. But as far as I know, Buff-breasted >Sandpipers have not been seen in the area for a week or so. Yesterday, I saw my first-of-season Philedalphia Vireo in Golden Valley, Hennepin County. There were no other passerine migrants. Good birding! Alyssa DeRubeis Golden Valley, Hennepin Co. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
