Killdeer and ....starlings! Thanks everyone, for your great suggestions! A couple of new hotspots in our repertoire for sure.
On Sat, Aug 15, 2020, 11:41 AM Thomas Gilde <thegl...@q.com> wrote: > Hiring sod farm was a Killdeer-only party this morning. Sod was again > being cut on the west side. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Aug 15, 2020, at 9:56 AM, Curt Rawn <catda...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > A great place for shorebirds has been just SW of New Germany, MN. This is > > great habitat East of Yancy, that can also be viewed from the next road > to > > the east, Yale. > > > > 44°52'18.8"N 94°00'02.8"W > > 7100-7494 Yancy Ave, New Germany, MN 55367 > > https://goo.gl/maps/JdnRVvwcx5H3C8CD7 > > > > This location is where the Little Blue Heron was seen earlier in the > month. > > > > Curt Rawn > > > > > > > >> On Fri, Aug 14, 2020, 10:52 PM Nancy Sundeen <grancy6...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> I was at Lake Byllesby today. It is at full height, no mud flats. > >> Nancy S. > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>> On Aug 14, 2020, at 6:56 PM, Tom Gilde <thegl...@q.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> I meant to send this to the entire listserv - I am curious about > >> conditions at Lake Byllesby. > >>> > >>> Tom G > >>> > >>> “ Missy, the sod farm is on both sides of Blaine Ave. for a half mile, > >> tops. The west side was being stripped of sod when I visited earlier in > >> the week - apparently that is where birds are now being found. There > are > >> also a variety of puddles along this road and there will be more after > this > >> evening, I’d imagine. > >>> > >>> To the west along 200th St. there is another sod farm on the south side > >> of 200th. This street is fairly busy but I think that there is > sufficient > >> shoulder to park on, although I’ve been leery of that. If you head > south > >> of Farmington on Denmark Ave. you will find the eBird hotspot, > Farmington > >> Shorebird Ponds - sloughs, actually. I watched a number of Virginia > Rails > >> there and saw some sandpipers, too, think week. > >>> > >>> Maybe others will weigh in about Lake Byllesby, further south. There > >> are great mudflats on the northwest side of this lake unless the dam on > the > >> east side has been opened to raise the water level - I don’t know if > these > >> flats are exposed or not but they were great in spring, even yielding > >> Avocets.“ > >>> > >>>> On Aug 14, 2020, at 3:23 PM, Missy Bowen <missybo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> All, > >>>> We were heading to western MN to check out shorebirds for a couple of > >> days, > >>>> but family matters got in the way. My academic work starts next week. > I > >>>> still need my shorebird fix, however. I have tomorrow open until > >>>> mid-afternoon, coming from northern Washington County.I will also have > >> more > >>>> travel time the following week, but I am thinking most of the birds > I'm > >>>> hoping for will have already left. > >>>> > >>>> Jirik Sod Farm in Dakota County looks like a great bet. Any other > >>>> suggestions? Those who bird Jirik: is there any particular spot(s) you > >>>> recommend? I've never been there. > >>>> > >>>> I'm looking for Baird's, Stilt, Upland, and Buff-breasted sandpipers > >> plus > >>>> both Wilson's and Red-Necked phalaropes for lifers, and for my skimpy > >>>> Covid-year list I'd be happy to see a Semi-palmated, a Solitary > (!),or a > >>>> Least (yeah I know!). > >>>> > >>>> This group provides immeasurable help to a part-time resident like me, > >> who > >>>> has to relearn species every year and limited knowledge of "go-to" > >> places. > >>>> > >>>> Thank you all! > >>>> Missy Bowen > >>>> Otisville. > >>>> > >>>> ---- > >>>> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > >>>> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >>>> > >>>> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > >> social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >>> > >>> ---- > >>> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > >>> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >>> > >>> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > >> social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >> > >> ---- > >> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >> > >> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > social > >> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >> > > > > ---- > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
