A reminder that today, May 15, is the date in which they begin raising water levels to summer pool levels. So get 'em while you can.
Also, yesterday afternoon I searched the lake and found a grand total of ONE shorebird, a Dunlin. That was it. Honest. Jim -----Original Message----- >From: Conny Brunell <connybrun...@earthlink.net> >Sent: May 15, 2010 2:08 PM >To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU >Subject: [mou-net] Lake Byllesby Shorebirds ~ Dakota Co. > >Late this morning at Lake Byllesby in Dakota County Susan Schumacher and I >observed a spectacular breeding Black-bellied Plover out on the mudflats. >Other shorebirds present were ~ Sanderling, Short-billed Dowitchers, Willet, >Dunlin, Semipalmated Plovers, White-rumped, Least, Pectoral, Solitary, >Spotted, and Semipalmated Sandpipers, Wilson's Phalaropes and both Yellowlegs. > > >Conny Brunell >Richfield, Hennepin Co. > >Lake Byllesby > >From Randolph and MN. State 56 turn east onto Dakota County 88 (292nd. St.). >Lake Byllesby is on the south side of the highway. In .2 mile there is a >driveway to your right with limited parking and a gate, do not block the gate. > Walk behind the gate, down the hill and look for an opening in the trees >looking east to the mudflats. There is also another access another .2 m east >of here, pull into the Lake Side Cemetery and walk the road to the east and >view the mudflats. A spotting scope would be recommended to see across the >extensive mudflats. > >---- >Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
