Shorebird numbers were down again today. 15 species were seen during my survey: Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs 1 Spotted Sandpiper 8 Hudsonian Godwit 2 Marbled Godwit ~20 "Western" Willet 3 Ruddy Turnstone 1 Dunlin ~30 White-rumped Sandpiper ~15 Semipalmated Sandpiper ~15 Least Sandpiper ~10 Pectoral Sandpiper 3 Short-billed Dowitcher 1 Wilson's Snipe 2 Wilson's Phalarope ~10
The majority of water birds reported previously continue. Sightings that were interesting to me today were: Wood Ducks lots These were rare during the height of waterfowl migration American Black Duck 3+ I had none during the height of waterfowl migration Ruddy Duck lots Western Grebe 12 American White Pelican 13 Green Heron 1 American Bittern 3 seen many heard Bonaparte's Gull >12 Almost all were 1st summer Black-billed Magpie 1 Bill Blackburn Minnesota Audubon Warren, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
