9/30/2007 Ruth Hiland and I took a quick trip down to the Sleepy Eye Sewage Ponds this afternoon. We arrived a little before 4:00 pm. For the next 1/2 hour we watched a number of Least, Baird's and Pectoral Sandpipers and a Semipalmated Sandpiper on the mud flats near the entrance gate to the ponds. At that point Joel Claus, spotted a small Sandpiper that had either just flown in or just opened up from a resting position. As there were a mix of sleeping shorebirds there. So for anyone that is going to check for the bird on Monday. Have patience if you do not see the bird when you first arrive.
Thanks a bunch Brian and everyone else that posted this bird!!! Craig Mandel Minnetonka, MN EgretCMan at msn.com