For those of you wondering about the Yancy Ave area southwest of New
Germany(since I haven't mentioned it), it has not been until this past week
that water has dropped enough to provide good habitat. Beginning this past
Tuesday, mainly pelicans had begun staging in this area. Yesterday and today
there were even higher numbers of pelicans, egrets, and herons staging in the
area. Today was the first day since early April that a decent amount of mud
was showing. Most of this mud was too distant to view.
Yancy/Yale/Cty. Rd 32 count
July 21
American White Pelican 250+
Great Egret 75+
Great Blue Heron 40+
Bald Eagle 1
July 22
Double-crested Cormorant 12
American White Pelican ~175 (around 1/3 flew in from the west and landed while
I was present)
Great Egret ~200
Great Blue Heron 15
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Northern Harrier 1
Solitary Sandpiper 7
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Unidentified peep species ~30
Unidentified shorebird species 10
Additional Carver County counts
July 21
Sandhill Crane 3
Solitary Sandpiper 3
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 9
Semipalmated Sandpiper 5
Least Sandpiper 26
Pectoral Sandpiper 10
Short-billed Dowitcher 5
Wilson's Phalarope 3
July 22
Spoted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 12
Semipalmated Sandpiper 30
Least Sandpiper 25
Pectoral Sandpiper 10
Short-billed Dowitcher Yes
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 34
Wilson's Phalarope 2 (including a juvenile bird)
Sibley County
July 21
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Least Sandpiper 35
Baird's Sandpiper 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 10
Short-billed Dowitcher 6
July 22
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Least Sandpiper 15
Baird's Sandpiper 8 (I believe I saw a couple juvenile birds but can not be
certain)
Pectoral Sandpiper 10
Short-billed Dowticher 5
Wilson's Phalarope 3
Unidentified shorebird species ~50
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