Two good shorebird spots near Northfield. Shorebird counts are not to be taken too literally, since birds were flying in and out and moving around while I was at both places.
Alta Ave / 302nd St. (Dakota Co.) flooded field early this morning: Wood Duck 62 Mallard 12 Killdeer 55 Greater Yellowlegs 4 Lesser Yellowlegs 6 Least Sandpiper 52 Semipalmated Sandpiper 3 Pectoral Sandpiper 6 Stilt Sandpiper 8 Great Blue Heron 1 Flooded field on 56 S of 19 (Goodhue Co.) early this morning: Wood Duck 18 Mallard 25 Semipalmated Plover 1 Killdeer 45 Greater Yellowlegs 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 25 Least Sandpiper 65 Semipalmated Sandpiper 5 Pectoral Sandpiper 15 Stilt Sandpiper 15 Wilson's Phalarope 3 Gerry Hoekstra Northfield ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
