Hello all, At noon today I found 4 Buff-breasted Sandpipers at Hamden Slough NWR in the large slough along CR 104 about a mile northeast of the refuge headquarters. There are some nice mudflats here right now. A few other common shorebird species present, but not in large numbers at all.
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are draining our feeders at Park Rapids. My Gladiolus are beginning to flower and the hummers are working those as well. I'll be keeping an eye out for vagrant hummers. Good Birding! Pat Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105 701-231-9491 patrick.beauzay at ndsu.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