Hi all, I am down in Murray & Pipestone counties working on the Breeding Bird Atlas. Some of the good birds include: Upland Sandpipers - I have seen or heard three sandpipers until tonight. At approx. 8:30 we found four sandpipers on the wires or on the poles along the CR6 between one and three miles eas of Avoca. We may have even had a fifth bird circle overhead. Marbled Godwit - one found, but has not been relocated since. Least Bittern - three heard. Blue Grosbeak - two found Turkey Vultures - I have found a probable and confirmed breeding TV's in abandoned farmsteds. Red-winged Blackbirds are everywhere, even in dry areas that would be filled by Brewer's Blackbirds, which are not out here. sedge Wrens and Dickcissels are super abundantt.
Western Meadowlarks are hard to find and even the locals who do no bird are noticing. Sorry, I am in the field and will not be answering requests for the locations of these birds -- Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
