I was at Shakopee Lake on Tuesday the 10th around 6pm and spotted a Golden Plover on the mudflats through a gap in the trees near the shelter at the county park. There were other shorebirds present as well but mostly yellowlegs. Viewing was difficult at that time of day since the park is on the east side of the lake (viewing is west into the sun). The lake is on the northern border of Chippewa County with the park entrance about a mile from Swift County.
A couple of miles south of the lake there is a wetland on the east side of Hwy 277 just south of Hwy 40 that had several shorebirds wading around in the shallow water at the back. I spotted one Red-necked Phalarope swimming around near the shorebirds. 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
