The 2 White-faced Ibis in Becker County were still present as of 3:30pm Monday. The location is 0.5 miles east of State Highway 59 along a "s" curve. The 2 birds were in a mudflat basin south of the road on the far south side on the WPA.
Voz -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kim R Eckert Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 9:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [mou-net] Smith's Longspur, Cattle Egrets, and other migrants in Wilkin-Otter Tail-Grant counties During the April 27-28 Minn Birding Weekend (MBW) in NE Wilkin, W Otter Tail, and NW Grant (briefly) counties, we found a lone, cooperative, breeding-plumaged male Smith's Longspur on Saturday afternoon along Wilkin CR 15, 1 mi W and 1.5 mi S of Lawndale. Also of note this weekend: - There were thousands (perhaps tens of 1000s) of northbound waterfowl filling the skies in NE Wilkin Co on Saturday morning. Most of these were Gr White-fronted & Snow geese (with several Ross's among them, but only 3 Cackling Geese) and Tundra Swans; conservatively, I estimated/calculated we saw 9,000+ swans. However, there was little or no movement of waterfowl on Saturday afternoon and Sunday. - Greater Scaup were unusually widespread, being seen at several locations; usually this species is rare in wetlands of the prairie pothole region. Similarly, Horned Grebes were seen at many places, even though not a single Eared Grebe was found, and we unexpectedly saw more Bonaparte's Gulls than Franklin's. - Two Cattle Egrets were found yesterday by the grain elevators in Wendell, Grant Co. - Almost surprisingly, given how many ibis are being reported elsewhere, we were unable to turn up any White-faced Ibis during the main MBW. However, en route to meeting the group on Friday, Dave Johnson saw a few ibis along Hwy 27 a few miles E of Wheaton, Traverse Co, and Barb & Denny Martin had one along Traverse CR 9 just N of CR 10. Also, a few of us relocated those 2 White-faced Ibis late Sunday afternoon in Becker Co along 330th St, ½ mi E of Hwy 59. - There was a strong movement of raptors, mostly on Saturday afternoon in Wilkin Co. In all, we saw a total of 13 species, including 4 Peregrines plus 2 other large, unidentified falcons. - Migrant passerines were few and far between: e.g., we saw <10 individual warblers all weekend (Orange-crowneds and Yellow-rumpeds). However, a few Com Redpolls were still present in open country away from towns/feeders. Kim R Eckert [email protected] http://www.mbwbirds.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
