The Buff-breasted Sandpiper was still present in the same mud area this
afternoon. It came close enough for us the get some photos that we can
review later to try and determine if it is an adult or a juvenile. Very
windy and slightly raining so I figured the photos would be easier to study
that than doing it behind a jumping scope.
From what I can tell this bird is within two days of being a record late
date. The latest seems to be a bird at the Sleepy Eye sewago ponds from Oct
19 to Oct 27, 2006. Maybe this bird will stay a couple of days longer.
With the strong south winds forcasted it is possible. All the other species
had mentioned were still there including 3 Bairds Sandpipers.
Dennis and Barbara Martin
Shorewood, MN
dbmar...@skypoint.com
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From: "Chad Heins" <oduna...@yahoo.com>
To: <MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 10:11 AM
Subject: [mou-net] Blue Earth County Sunday
We skirted the northwestern corner of Perch WPA heading east on County
Road
168. We had a Northern Shrike here on our way home. We continued east
on
CR168 past Lakewood Road until the road took a little dip. The south
side of
the road has been flooded twice this year so there is lots of mud, some
water,
and lots of shorebird habitat. We had numerous Wilson's Snipe, a Greater
Yellowlegs, a Baird's Sandpiper with a limp, a Least Sandpiper, and an
extremely late Buff-breasted Sandpiper. We also had about 200 Killdeer
and
lots of American Golden-Plovers. When we first pulled up, there were 39
and
some gulls flushed some of the flock and they winged their way out of
there.
When we returned later on our way home, we thought there were more than
before. I counted 102 resting in the mud!
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