This afternoon a Least Bittern was calling from the marsh behind the
shorebird area at the WMA one mile north of the town of Nicollet on
the east side of Hwy. 111. This is the earliest I have ever observed
one in MN; I usually don't see them until the latter half of May.
The water levels ar
Just found 1 American Avocet on W. End of island in Cody Lake in NW Rice VP.
Seen from Union Lake Tr at E. End of lake.
Bob Williams, Bloomington
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Thanks so much for the visits by great birders the past four days. A
great group of people and I picked up a number of valuable tips on
birding.
Particular thanks of course to the Summer Tanager and his "opening
act" the Eastern Towhee, both cooperated wonderfully by appearing
within 15-20 m
If you were a person just out for number counts, it was lacking, but, a very
nice day just to bird and enjoy the surroundings. Only 76 species reported.
Birds of note: 3 warblers Yellow Rumped, Palm, Orange Crowned
shore birds.Wilson Snipe, Woodcock, Killdeer, American
Bittern,
Today at about 12:00 I heard a Blue-winged Warbler singing in the northern part
of Carleton's Upper Arboretum (this part of the Arb is in Rice County). It
wasn't shy, and I proceeded to take some cruddy pictures of it, which are at
this address: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7851...@n06/
There m
A yellow-throated warbler was seen this morning along the dike road on
Prairie Island. It was about .3 miles past McNalley Landing on the river side.
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I stopped at the Sleepy Eye sewage ponds on my way home from the MBW and was
rewarded with a beautiful black-bellied plover in breeding plumage. It was
walking on the berm between the front and back ponds.
There was plenty of activity in the back pond -
30+ Wilson's phalaropes, 5 Willets, ma
New migrants in in Mille Lacs County & Sherburne NWR area last few days:
* 5/4, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler, Marsh Wren, Grasshopper Sparrow
* 5/3, (not a birding day), House Wren
* 5/2, Lesser Yellowlegs (bizarre to be this late), Willet (Mille Lacs
County bird after 5.5 years here),
ROSE- breasted, not red-breasted grosbeak- this am at the feeders- jeez.
Robin
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