My father and son and I went to the Bass Ponds mid-morning. the AMERICAN AVOCET was still present, as were two WILSON'S PHALAROPES far across Long Meadow Lake among high numbers of both species of YELLOWLEGS. One KILLDEER and one PECTORAL SANDPIPER rounded out the shorebird count. A flock of BONAPARTE'S GULLS was nice to see as well.
Passerine migration has really stalled here in the CIties, but White-throated Sparrows had really moved in in decent numbers last night. I know they've already reported, but they're one of our most numerous migrants and it was obvious the bulk of them hadn't really arrived until this push today (though I think there will be more of them by Sunday...). A few MYRTLE WARBLERS (again, there should be more of them...) and 2 PALM WARBLERS was it for warblers, though Ronald Cordes​ mentioned he had a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH. We had two LINCOLN'S SPARROWS on the Hog Back Ridge Trail as well as a FOY SWAMP SPARROW and a SLATE-COLORED JUNCO. Ron mentioned that he had a late AMERICAN TREE SPARROW as well. Good birding! Jesse ELlis Saint Paul, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html