Sunday morning I birded around Salt Lake in western LQP County. A few shore birds were present as the dryer weather of late has increased the width of the shoreline mud flats. Most interesting besides the number of Wilson's Phalarope's and the Black Tern's acrobatic flying was the Eared Grebes nesting on mounded lake vegetation in the south corner of the lake. 89 Canada Goose 10 Wood Duck 58 Mallard 11 Blue-winged Teal 18 Northern Pintail -- 2 broods on salt lake 93 Ruddy Duck 6 Pied-billed Grebe 51 Eared Grebe -- some nesting on floating vegetation 1 Northern Harrier -- Female 2 Red-tailed Hawk 28 Killdeer 1 Solitary Sandpiper 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 64 Wilson's Phalarope 36 Black Tern 28 Tree Swallow 46 Bank Swallow 16 Barn Swallow 69 Cliff Swallow 120 swallow sp. 6 Cedar Waxwing 15 Red-winged Blackbird 8 Common Grackle Ken Larson ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
