My boyfriend and I, along with a couple other birders (Pete and Gary) attempted to relocate the Nelson's Sparrows recently observed at Bass Ponds/Long Meadow Lake Unit today from 11am-1:30pm. We failed to relocate them. Other birds kept us busy, including:
-decent assortment of dabbling ducks (~6 spp.) -Northern Harrier (1) -Wilson's Snipe (6) -Pectoral Sandpiper (2) -Least Sandpiper (2) -Great Egret (3) -Tree Swallow (~10) -American Pipit (up to four individuals at three locations) -Rusty Blackbird (numerous) We got great looks at many of these birds, thus it was not a wasted trip. Good birding, Alyssa DeRubeis temporarily Golden Valley, Hennepin Co. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
