Two shorebird areas are in play this spring in Carver county. The Tacoma Avenue area held nearly 700 individual shorebirds this morning. Virtually all were Lesser Yellowlegs and Pectoral Sandpipers. Solitary Sandpipers and Wilson's Snipe were also present. The water level here is very low. Perhaps the coming rains will keep this area active in the next few days. This area is located one mile west of the intersection of State Highway 25 and county road 32.
Another area nearby are some sod fields just southwest of Waconia along State Highway 5. While they are close to highway 5, DO NOT stop on this road to scan. There is no place to pull off and there are no shoulders. A safer place to scan, although greater distance, is from Orchard Road immediately to the east. With a good scope and some patience, one should be able to pick through the shorebirds. This afternoon there were over 200 shorebirds here with Lesser Yellowlegs and Pectoral Sandpipers being the most numerous. Also included we're Dunlin, dowitchers, Greater Yellowlegs and Semipalmated Plovers. Regards,,, ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
