This morning I found one BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER on the lake-side of Park Point (Duluth, MN). This bird was seen about a one mile walk east of the Sky Harbor Airport. It had stunning and immaculate breeding plumage. I wonder if it experienced a failed nesting attempt in the tundra this spring/summer. Does it seem unusually early for a shorebird to be moving through? Earlier this week, I found a Willet along the northern shoreline of Wisconsin.
Yesterday I led a trip to Sax-Zim Bog, and had some cool finds. The trip started at 8am per request of the participant... and even though we missed the prime-time in the early morning, we still ended up having two Le Conte's Sparrows (both heard, one seen), Black-billed Cuckoos, a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, 12 species of warblers and more! eBird list from birding in Sax-Zim Bog is below: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14538942 Cheers and good birding, Erik Bruhnke Duluth, MN -- NATURALLY AVIAN - Birding Tours and Bird Photography [email protected] (e-mail) www.naturallyavian.com (birding tours) www.pbase.com/birdfedr (photos) www.facebook.com/NaturallyAvian (facebook) ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
