Just like this past spring's shorebird migration, fall is beginning much better than usual in the remaining flooded areas of western Carver County. Besides shorebirds about the only notable birds were 3 Black Terns that fed in a flooded field until they flew off to the south this morning.
July 3 Solitary Sandpiper 7 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 33 Least Sandpiper 18 Short-billed Dowitcher 2 July 4 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Solitary Sandpiper 11 Lesser Yellowlegs 10 Least Sandpiper 41 Baird's Sandpiper 2 (breeding plumage adult and molting adult) Peep species 18 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html