This afternoon I found an exceptionally early Dickcissel at the
conservation club access on the southeast side of Swan Lake. The bird
was foraging with some sparrows when I pulled into the parking lot and
noticed it. I usually don't see Dickcissels in Minnesota until the
last week of May, so it was a bit surprising to see this bird. I was
able to take some pretty good photos of it before it flew off, one of
which I have uploaded to the "Recently Seen" page.
The shorebird spot of which I posted yesterday was more exciting
today, with the following species present:
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Dunlin
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
I also checked out the Nicollet sewage ponds (south of Hwy. 14 on the
east side of CR 23), and found three American Golden-Plovers walking
the grassy berm on the northernmost pond. There were also more Lesser
Yellowlegs and Pectoral Sandpipers here.
Bob Dunlap, Nicollet County
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