I birded Sibley County this morning and was able to find the Red-headed Woodpecker pair that Doug Kieser reported at the 371st Ave and 238 St location. They were feeding young in a nest hole in the dead tree just to the east of the intersection.
At the flooded field at the CR12/240th intersection (just east of the woodpecker spot) the Short-billed Dowitcher Doug reported was gone but there was a Stilt Sandpiper along with several Least Sandpipers. In the southeast corner of the county I located a pair of Sandhill Cranes (rare in the summer season) that were feeding/resting in an open field on a zig-zag road going east off of CR18. From the intersection of MN93/US169 near LeSueur go west on CR8 a short distance to CR18 and go north and take the first road to the right (east). The birds were on the second east-west stretch just after turning back east. I looked for a colt but was not able to find any (unless it was hidden by the one bird that was resting on the ground). I went by the spot a couple of hours later but was not able to relocate the cranes at that time. Bob Ekblad Olmsted County in SE Minnesota http://www.Birding-Minnesota.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
