[mou-net] follow-up, Rachel Lilly Preserve, Dakota County

In an attempt to re-find the Wood Thrush seen at Rachel Lilly Preserve Saturday morning, Rob and I hiked the same area around the same time this morning. We found no thrush. Farther downhill, by the wooden bridge beside the lake, there were some Fox Sparrows using the new brush piles. (The initial

[mou-net] Baird's Sandpipers, both shrikes: Yellow Medicine/Lac Qui Parle & vicinity

As reported last Friday, the highlight of the Yellow Medicine Co portion of the Minn Birding Weekend (MBW) was the waterfowl concentration at Miedd Lake. Part of the MBW group also rechecked the lake Sunday afternoon, and the Ross’s Geese, Tundra Swans, and other waterfowl were still mostly pres