Spring migration--it ain=92t over until the fat canary sings in the coal min= e! Good=20 numbers of migrant passerines were found in SW Minnesota this week as shower= s and=20 thunderstorms rolled through the region 5/24 and 5/25, e.g., 21 species of v= ireos=20 and warblers at Blue Mounds S.P. in 40 minutes, similar numbers at Pipestone= =20 National Monument, and overwhelming numbers of neotropical migrants at Hole-= in- the-Mountain County Park near Lake Benton, Lincoln County on the 24th. Notew= orthy=20 sightings: Gray Partridge--pair in Rock County and total of 8 birds in 3 locations, Lac= Qui=20 Parle County; Horned Grebe--late migrant at Thielke Lake, Big Stone County 5/25; Cattle Egret--one at Centennial WPA, Big Stone County 5/25; Black-crowned Night-Heron--8 birds in marsh behind Hills WTP, Rock County 5/= 23; shorebirds--1244 individuals (16 sp.) at ponds behind Gold =91N Plump plant = in=20 Luverne, Rock County 5/23 including Willet, 11 Hudsonian Godwits, and one Re= d- necked Phalarope; shorebirds relatively scarce in Big Stone and Lac Qui Parl= e=20 counties with potholes overflowing from recent rains, but 17 species still f= ound=20 5/25 including one Hudsonian Godwit and one Red-necked Phalarope at Salt Lak= e; Eurasian Collared-Dove--4 birds at Heron Lake, Jackson County 5/23 with one = pair=20 nest-building and defending territory near grain elevator; Black-billed and Yellow-billed cuckoos at Hole-in-the-Mountain County Park 5= /24; Yellow-bellied and Alder flycatchers calling at several locations 5/24; Blue-gray Gnatcatcher--Rock, Pipestone, and Lincoln counties 5/24; Philadephia Vireo--easily found in Rock, Pipestone, and Lincoln counties 5/2= 4=20 including no fewer than 15 at Hole-in-the-Mountain County Park; Red-eyed Vireo--good migration including no fewer than 150 counted at Hole-i= n-the- Mountain County Park (one oak tree had 10 birds) 5/24; Black-throated Blue Warbler--singing male at Hole-in-the-Mountain County Par= k 5/ 24; Blue Grosbeak--singing at Blue Mounds S.P. interpretive center 5/24; Dickcissel--singing in extreme SW Rock County 5/23; Henslow=92s Sparrow--still singing at Plover Prairie, 2.0 miles E of US 75, = Lac Qui=20 Parle County 5/24; Black-headed Grosbeak--adult male cuckolded by a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak= who=20 chased off the Black-headed and copulated with a female Rose-breasted near B= lue=20 Mounds S.P. 5/24--thanks to Anthony Hertzel for posting information about th= is=20 sighting; Great-tailed Grackle--male and 2 females at marsh behind Hills WTP, Rock Cou= nty 5/ 23. -- Peder H. svingen--psvin...@d.umn.edu--duluth, MN