Most of the shorebirds still here including Godwit, Pectorals, White-rumped, BB Plovers, and semi-p Sandpipers. On May 26, 2012 6:42 PM, "Mike Majeski" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
