There's a wetland I've been checking out this spring for shorebirds, but today was by far the best for variety of birds. The wetland is located just north of the intersection of 210 St. E and Northfield Blvd, approximately 2 miles due south of Vermillion (south of 180th Street Marsh). Birds seen while dodging the rain included:
Black-bellied plover - 3 American golden-plover - 2 Semipalmated plover - 1 Hudsonian godwit - 1 (arrived with the plovers) Baird's sandpiper - 8 White-rumped sandpiper - 1 Spotted sandpiper - 1 Lesser yellowlegs - 1 Pectoral sandpiper - minimum 30 Killdeer - 4 All the shorebirds were in the flooded field just south of the wetland. At least 3 Yellow-headed blackbirds were on territory within the actual wetland. Other birds around: Horned lark, Vesper sparrow, Mallard, Blue-winged teal, Canada goose, Red-winged blackbird, Sora (heard). Mike Majeski ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
