August 8, 2008 Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Louisville Swamp Unit 4:00 - 6:00pm On a field trip at the Louisville Swamp Unit today, I rechecked the mud flats along Sand Creek and found several hundred shorebirds. Here are some of the birds observed there this afternoon. Sandhill Crane Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Wilson's Phalarope Eastern Towhee - Still singing Craig Mandel Minnetonka, MN Hennepin County EgretCMan at msn.com