We are out for 6 days to Prairie Marsh Farm in west central Lac qui Parle County to do some mowing and general repairs. We hit part of the spring migration just right. First off on the 12th I was able to relocate the Say’s Phoebe found by Garrett and Frank and others last Saturday in Big Stone County as well as a Lark Sparrow. I then took the 600th Ave road south from Correll to reach the north shore of Marsh Lake. There is a boat access area that leads to good viewing of mud flats with many shorebirds. Highlights were 26 American Golden-Plover, 28 Semipalmated Plover and 6 Sanderling. Wednesday in the morning I visited our Lee Brothers site 1/2 mile west of the farm. This is a 140 year old farm with a large overgrown grove. The cacophony off singing birds was almost overwhelming. Multiple Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Baltimore and Orchard Orioles, Sapsuckers and others. But best of all was a Red-headed Woodpecker high on a dead Cottonwood tree and as I left I saw two more on a power pole. Today at Sweetwater WMA I found 3 Hudsonian Godwits, 24 White-rumped Sandpipers and 2 Western Grebes. On local township roads I found both Eastern and Western Kingbirds. At our farm we have 10 bird feeders and we spread both thistle and sunflower seeds on the ground. We’ve had 10 species of sparrows and a high number today of 57 Pine Siskins. Since we have arrived at the the farm that number has risen from 7. In the last 6 days I have seen 101 species. Ken Larson
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