New (to me) arrivals since yesterday were: Eastern Phoebe, calling insistently; Fox Sparrows, singing snatches of sweet song; and 5 Woodcock foraging between the bluff trail and the larger lake.
The woodcocks were startled into flying across the path, onto the bluff hillside, where they ambled in plain sight, relying on their camouflage. By zeroing in on their pale orange bellies I was able to find them again, and get great looks. Another couple of birds that flushed from the lakeside flew deeper into the wet areas there. These were darker in color and had a more striped appearance, though their flight sounded similar. No flashes of white were detected, but the thought occurs that they may have been Snipe, which have been seen there in past years. Linda Whyte ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
