The location where Patrick reports seeing the Purple Sandpiper also where I saw it around 11:30 today. It's easy enough to find, but after Rick H. departed, I went to the beach where the bird is most easily visible from and took a GPS waypoint in case that would help someone out.
47* 21.044 94* 12.311 I used WGS 84. Shawn Conrad Bovey >From: patrick.beau...@ndsu.edu >To: mou-...@cbs.umn.edu >Subject: [mou] Purple Sandpiper photos >Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:56:14 -0500 (CDT) > >Hello all, > >I've posted a couple of Purple Sandpiper photos on my Flickr site. These >were taken at about 10:00 this morning at Denny's Resort in Bena. When I >left, the sandpiper had flown to the steep rocks along the east side of >the small creek just to the west of the resort. > >The fall colors between Detroit Lakes and Walker are spectacular! > >Good Birding! > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/patsphotos/ > > >Patrick Beauzay >Department of Entomology >217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive >North Dakota State University >Fargo, ND 58105 >701-231-9491 >patrick.beau...@ndsu.nodak.edu > >http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/entomology/ >http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/tigerbeetles/index.htm >http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/Mounting_Chalcidoidea/Chalcmount.htm > >_______________________________________________ >mou-net mailing list >mou-...@cbs.umn.edu >http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net