Also stopped at Salem Ave. late morning and saw same species reported by John Cyrus & William Marengo. Very good looks at fairly close Buff-breasted Sandpiper.
Further explorations also turned up a notable aberrant: Luecistic Killdeer I wish I had brought my camera with me! It was in a flooded field North of Cty 33 - on the brief section of road that runs E-W just north of Baylor Cty. Park. There is enough shoulder to stop there, though the traffic goes by pretty quick on this paved road. Also present there: Semi-palmated Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs Great Egret - a dozen. Blue-wing teal -over a dozen A swing by Yancy Ave S. of Cty 30 yielded at juvenile Red-headed woodpecker. A first for me -(juvenile) -- Sincerely, Jim Ryan Saint Paul's Westside ---- "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community" - Aldo Leopold “There has been a tremendous renaissance in nature study in recent years; it has been called a form of escapism, and perhaps it is in a way, but not an escape from reality; but rather, a return to reality; a flight from unreal things.” - Roger Tory Peterson ---- ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
