Thank you Jason for all your work. Sent from my iPhone
> On May 2, 2023, at 7:50 AM, Jason Frank <jmfran...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We had a great time out here for the 45th Salt Lake Birding Weekend, with > around 85 participants logging a total of 139 species on Friday, Saturday, > and Sunday. > > > > Slightly more than half of our birders were either attending the count or > exploring the Lac qui Parle area for the first time, with many gaining > multiple life-birds during the course of the count. > > > > Conditions were pleasant for the first half of Saturday, but even as the > wind picked up and blew relentlessly into Sunday, I still received some > nice reports from attendees birding on their way home, and was able to add > a few more species to the list. > > > > Highlights included a reliable flock of White-faced Ibis numbering 60+ > birds feeding and roosting at 151st St and County Hwy 40, three miles east > of Marietta; a Northern Goshawk dive-bombing a smaller group of Ibis at > Salt Lake; a Short-eared owl at Salt Lake; an American Pipit across the > road from the Prairie Marsh Farm driveway; a Black-crowned Night Heron > along LQP CR 12 between Sweetwater and Florida Creek; great concentrations > of migrant sparrows; 5 Grebe species on one slough (Sweetwater/Farrell) > along LQP CR 12; an easily viewable pair of Western Grebes along the Big > Stone NWR Auto Tour (they nested there with 3 chicks last year), and a > Black-necked Stilt found and photographed Sunday at the Lac qui Parle Dam > (see list below). > > > > I’d like to thank the MOU and everyone who attended for spreading the word > and raising awareness about this little corner of the state. Shorebird > migration has just begun to pick up steam, so I’d expect the area to remain > productive in the days to come. > ---- General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
