This morning Matt Dufort and I found a Greater Yellowlegs along the north shore of the Cannon River as it feeds into Lake Byllesby on its western end (just north of the border with Goodhue County). In querying the MOU seasonal reports database it appears that there are two other reports of Greater Yellowlegs already this month: one on March 6 and one yesterday on March 8. All of these birds are occurring well before the recent median early date of March 27, and prior to this year there is only one record from the first half of March (3-1-2008).
Also on the lake (mostly in Dakota County) were hundreds of Greater White-fronted Geese, about 30 Snow Geese, a smattering of Cackling Geese among the many Canadas, and probably close to 100 Northern Pintails among other waterfowl. -- Robert Dunlap Graduate Research Assistant Natural Resources Science and Management University of Minnesota Hodson Hall 1980 Folwell Avenue St. Paul, MN 55108 Email: dunla...@umn.edu ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
