Today, 08/16, probably a thousand or more shorebirds on Lewis Lake, on the north side of MN Hwy. 212, about a mile east of Brownton in McLeod Cty. Overwhelmingly Pectoral Sands., perhaps 350-400+ About another third of them seemed to be Lssr. Yellowlegs Lower numbers of Least, Semipalmated Sands., and Killdeer, with a few Wilson's Phalaropes (and there must be some Baird's in there somewhere).
Unless we get a lot of rain, this could be excellent shorebird habitat all fall. CAUTION: Extremely busy and noisy truck-filled highway, with very poor shoulder parking, but you can pull over just off the blacktop. There is some closer-up viewing, but many of the birds are very far out. Scopes necessary. Pete Hoeger ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
