At around 9 PM last evening, I saw a small flock of shorebirds that appeared to be foraging in the parking lot and in the mulched medians near the REI store, Maple Grove shopping center. It was dark and I had no binocs so I tried to sidle up to them by slowly following them in my car. This worked pretty well and I had it narrowed down to “plover” species, perhaps Semipalmated, when they were flushed by a car streaking through the parking lot – it is amazing how fast they can go in a parking lot. The birds gave themselves away when they flew away – mostly Killdeer. I was unable to positively ID any others but there were about 15 – 20 birds in the flock.
Sid Stivland Plymouth, MN (and risking my neck in Maple Grove) ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
