Bob Janssen and I had good results during our three day shorebird workshop based here in Milbank SD. 19 species of shorebird were found. Almost all of the folks attending got very good long looks at most of the species. It was great for an intense study of shorebirds. (We had 19 species and 19 people attending - nice symmetry to that.)
GOLDEN PLOVER BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER SEMIPALMATED PLOVER KILLDEER AMERICAN AVOCET GREATER YELLOWLEGS LESSER YELLOWLEGS SOLITARY SANDPIPER SPOTTED SANDPIPER SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER LEAST SANDPIPER BAIRD'S SANDPIPER PECTORAL SANDPIPER UPLAND SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER STILT SANDPIPER COMMON SNIPE WILSON'S PHALAROPE RED-NECKED PHALAROPE One of the best locations in western MN was Cory Lake located 7 miles south of Madison MN. Over the last week numbers have fluctuated from many hundreds to over 2000 shorebirds at that location. I would expect that to continue for at least a week or more depending on rainfall. Another very good location is on Co. Rd. 7 (a mile southwest of Rosen MN). It is possible to get VERY close looks at this location. The vegetation is growing quickly so as time passes it may be a challenge to see the birds. Note: The fellow (Joe Spors) who owns the slough lives on the southwest side of it and has always been very gracious on giving permission to wander around on his land. Regards Doug Buri Milbank, SD www.itctel.com/buri/SHOREBIRD www.itctel.com/buri/SPARROW ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
