There were 12 shorebird species seen by the MN Birding Weekends group this morning, all concentrated near the NW corner of the east-central cell of these Stevens Co ponds. This was just 3 species fewer than at the N Ottawa impoundment on Friday and included excellent close views of Gr Yellowlegs, Stilt and Baird's sandpipers, a Long-b Dowitcher, and Red-n Phalaropes.
In all, we found 18 shorebird species during this MBW trip in parts of Traverse, Grant, Big Stone, and Stevens counties. But we were unable to detect many migrant passerines (e.g., only 8 warbler species in 3 days), although there was a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher today along 180th St 1.2 mi W of Stevens CR 1. Kim Eckert Duluth, MN Sent from my iPhone ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
