This morning I followed up on a report by Garrett Wee of Blue Grosbeaks at the Cottonwood sewage ponds. Last week Garrett found two males and a female on the brushy, large hill along the trail heading into the ponds. Today I saw and photographed one of the males and quite possibly saw a female as well.
Garrett gave me another tip to check out Lone Tree Lake a couple miles to the northwest of Cottonwood where there has been a pair of nesting Upland Sandpipers in the grassy Wildlife Management Area on the northeast end of the lake as well as in the hayfield on the other side of the road. I was able to see one of the Upland Sandpipers there today along with two Bobolinks. Another fun find was a female Wood Duck on Sham Lake with 17 ducklings in tow! Good birding! Josh Wallestad http://www.aboywhocriedheron.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
