This afternoon I photographed two Dunlin (both still in nonbreeding plumage) at the Sleepy Eye sewage ponds. Also present were three Baird's, one Pectoral and one Least Sandpipers. Most of the shorebirds had chunks of ice hanging on their lower extremities. I'm not sure, but this could potentially be a record early date for Dunlin in Minnesota?? Birds in Minnesota lists early south date of April 11.
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