There are hundreds of shorebirds on the mudflats and shallows of Lake Byllesby today. I was there late afternoon and found:
Lesser Yellowlegs (several hundred) Greater Yellowlegs (many) Pectoral Sandpipers (many) Least Sandpipers (many) Short-billed Dowitchers (at least 3) Hudsonian Godwit (at least 2) Dunlins (only noticed one with black on belly) Willet (at least 2) Someone with better shorebird ID skills would probably have found species as well. It was hard to get any kind of count, because they were constantly taking off, swirling around, and landing again. Also: Forster's Terns (4) No. Shovelers Blue-winged Teals Green-winged Teals Red-winged Blackbirds I birded the west end late afternoon. There was so much to see there that I never got down to the cemetery area. If you go today, be ready for wind, which is whipping across the lake from the south. Gerry Hoekstra Northfield ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
