Sunday, May 2nd I found 11 Long-billed Dowitchers and two Greater White-fronted Geese on the west side of Lake Byllesby. The dowitchers spooked and did not return. It seems fairly common for two or three Greater White-fronteds to linger awhile at Byllesby. I thought this year they all moved quickly on, since no one has reported any since the initial and brief push.
There were absolutely no sandpipers at the lake. One Palm Warbler was the lone warbler. I went up to Stearns County hoping for some luck in refinding the Laughing Gull reported by Phil Chu. I arrived at 7:30 and the several observers still there had not relocated the bird. Many of the gulls had flown from the NW corner of the lake and we were trying to find gulls from the SE side. It's likely the gulls just found a roosting place for the night. It will be interesting to hear if anyone refinds the bird tomorrow. Linda Sparling ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
