July 25, 2014, Spent the morning in Washington county with Herb Dingmann and Ron Erpelding. We were able to relocate the previously reported Least Bitterns at the Paul Hugo Farms WMA in Northern Washington county. We also found a few Shorebirds at some at some of the previously posted locations. Here are a few of the species we observed: Paul Hugo WMA Least Bittern - Note that it is about a one mile walk from the parking area, along a gravel and dirt access road to the area that the Least Bitterns are being observed at. Green Heron Virginia Rail Sandhill Crane American Woodcock Marsh Wren Shorebird locations: 1. North side of 157th Street North, 1/4 mile West of Homestead Avenue North. Killdeer Solitary Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper 2. South East corner of Hudson Road South and Settlers Ridge Parkway. Killdeer Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper 3. North side of Hudson Blvd, 1/2 a mile West of Lake Elmo Avenue North. Killdeer Short-billed Dowitcher - The Short-billed Dowitcher was feeding behind some grass on the West side of the flooded field, around noon. Craig Mandel Minnetonka, Hennepin County [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
