I have two. Lifer Le Conte's sparrow at Hok-Si-La. Least bittern at 180th St marsh which I haven't seen in many years.
Just lucky to be at the right place at the right time. Supports my birding motto: "expect the unexpected". Mike Engh -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Al Schirmacher Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 12:56 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Most Surprising Bird? What is your most surprising bird of the (half) year? Mine would have to be the (lifer) Chuck's-wills-widow that visited our Kansas backyard the first week we moved here from central Minnesota; then it, of course, hasn't dropped by audibly or visibly since. (Unless, of course, it was the surfeit of shorebirds that graced Princeton Sewage Ponds our last week or so in Princeton, adding new county birds not seen in the previous nine years there. Nice to have godwits and avocets dropping bye to say goodbye.) Al Schirmacher Muscotah, KS (formerly Princeton, MN & Madison, WI) ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
