My wife I walked through the flooded Bartlet Lake Rd in Winona this afternoon. A decent sized flock of peeps was fairly tolerant and allowed us to take a few photos. There were 40+ Semipalmated Sandpipers, 12 Least Sandpipers, 1 White-rumped, and an unidentified one. Please backchannel me via email or comment on the flickr link with any points that would separate the two likely species.
Least Sandpipers http://www.flickr.com/photos/malcolmgold/8762972362/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/malcolmgold/8761841727/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/malcolmgold/8761841727/in/photostream/> http://www.flickr.com/photos/malcolmgold/8761846155/ Semipalmated Sandpiper http://www.flickr.com/photos/malcolmgold/8762978258/ Unknown Sandpiper http://www.flickr.com/photos/malcolmgold/8761848275/ -- Malcolm Gold (Stockton, Winona County) http://mcmdgold.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/malcolmgold/ ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html