In central Minnesota I would expect that it would be the Horned Lark. They leave when the first major snow hits the area, usually in late November or in December, but sometimes even later and can be found returning in February. They probably often don't even leave the southern part of the state in many years.
Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN swest...@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pastor Al Schirmacher" <pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net> To: <mou-...@cbs.umn.edu>; <mnb...@lists.mnbird.net>; <wisbi...@lawrence.edu> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 1:22 PM Subject: [mnbird] Migration window? > Which species that frequents WI and/or MN has the longest migration > window? > > By window I mean the differential between the earliest arriving migrants > and the latest to leave - by migration I mean leaving WI and/or MN > completely at some point - and obviously the window does not include > nesting activity. > > My guess is that it would be a shorebird of some kind - since there are > June/July "fall" arrivals, and some hangers-on linger until November, > but.... > > Al Schirmacher > Princeton, MN > Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties > _______________________________________________ > mnbird mailing list > mnb...@lists.mnbird.net > http://www.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird >
