The June 15-16-17 Minnesota Birding Weekend (MBW) in Clearwater and Beltrami counties managed to come up with a surprising total of 149 species despite some delays due to rain. Friday’s list of 128 species in Clearwater Co included 2 American Avocets, 20+ White-rumped Sandpipers, 4-5 juvenile Marbled Godwits, 2 Wilson’s Phalaropes, plus some American Black Ducks, all at the Skoe rice paddies located E of CR 5 @540th St. Earlier in the day at Upper Rice Lake we counted 105 Trumpeter Swans and 69 Red-necked Grebes.
On Saturday in Beltrami Co at the Big Bog S.R.A. boardwalk, there were a Black-backed Woodpecker, Connecticut Warbler, Olive-sided and Yellow-bellied flycatchers, plus 2 fly-over Red Crossbills at the parking lot. And today there were at least 4 Dickcissels along Sunnyside Rd, @1/4 and 3/4 mi S of Power Dam Rd. Kim Eckert, Duluth 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
