A 5-day Minnesota Birding Weekend started on May 10 and ended this afternoon, May 14, after covering Yellow Medicine and Lac Qui Parle counties, plus parts of Big Stone, Swift, Chippewa, and Lyon counties. Following are some of the highlights on our composite list of 168 species:
- Greater White-fronted Goose: 2 late-lingering individuals on May 11 at Lone Tree Lake, Lyon Co - Cinnamon Teal: a male on May 13 along Big Stone CR 67, 3/4 mi W of CR 21 (thanks to a tip from Garrett Wee) - Common Gallinule: spotted by Kathrynne Baumtrog on May 12 in Chippewa Co, along 30th Street, 1.5 mi W of Hwys 7 / 59 - 21 shorebird species, including American Avocets (a possible nesting pair) on May 11-12 just S of Louisburg on Lac Qui Parle CR 18, and Hudsonian Godwits at 2 locations; besides Lone Tree Lake on the Yellow Medicine - Lyon county line (which has been productive for several days), the best shorebird sites were on Lac Qui Parle CR 13 just S of Haydenville, and 3/4 mi S of Yellow Medicine CR 18 on 470th Street - Black Tern concentration: minimum of 1,100 individuals on May 13 (may well have been 1,500 or more) along the Big Stone NWR auto tour (Lac Qui Parle Co) - Snowy Egret: May 10 along Lac Qui Parle CR 12 just E of CR 9 (not relocated on May 13) - Cattle Egret: May 11-12 just W of Rosen on Lac Qui Parle CR 36 (found by Al & Kimberle Loken on May 10) - White-faced Ibis at 2 locations: May 13 along Lac Qui Parle CR 14, 2 mi E of CR 7 (thanks to a tip from Ken Larson); and May 14 at Lone Tree Lake (Lyon Co) - Red-breasted Nuthatch: late-lingering bird found May 13 by Dee Kuder in Lac Qui Parle Co - LeConte’s Sparrow: May 11 & 14 along 306th Ave W of Granite Falls (Yellow Medicine Co) - 2 surprising singing male Eastern Meadowlarks: 1 along 306th Ave on May 11 & 14; another May 13 along Lac Qui Parle CR 12, ~4 mi W of Hwy 75 - 15 warbler species: a somewhat disappointing showing, with no significant concentrations found anywhere Kim Eckert ecker...@gmail.com http://www.mbwbirds.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
