If you were a person just out for number counts, it was lacking, but, a very nice day just to bird and enjoy the surroundings. Only 76 species reported.
Birds of note: 3 warblers Yellow Rumped, Palm, Orange Crowned shore birds.Wilson Snipe, Woodcock, Killdeer, American Bittern, Sora (heard an Upland Sandpiper but didn't see it) Coots. Blue Bird, Hermit & Swainsons Thrush, Martins, Grasshopper, Savanna, Swamp Sparrows, Blue Gray Gnat Catcher,Northern Harrier, Broad Winged, Sharp Shinned, Red Tailed Hawks, Bald Eagles. Plenty of Sandhill Cranes and Blue Herons. Water fowl low with Lesser Scaup, Blue and Green Winged Teal, Red Heads, Buffle Heads, Ring Necks, and Cormorant. Also, Went to the Sobieski and Flensburg sewage ponds and picked up a couple of Wilsons Phalarope and 1 Lesser Yellowlegs . Hope more shorebirds and Warblers will show soon. Nice group of people showed and had a good time. Brunch was very good. Also, nice to see a few very excited young birders. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html