Hello, I headed out to Byllesby this morning hoping to see the Ruff (and the many other shorebirds reported the last few days).
I missed out on the Ruff even though it was sighted for a couple of minutes around 8am (I was a few hundred yards east) but I did see a new life bird: a couple of Sanderlings (thanks to Bruce Fall for spotting them and helping me ID them). Also seen between 7-9am: Least Sandpiper - hundreds Baird's Sandpiper - few dozen (FOY) Semipalmated Plover - 50-100 Killdeer - a few Spotted Sandpiper - 2 (FOY) Willet - a few flybys Hudsonian Godwit - 2 (FOY) Marbled Godwit - 5-6 (FOY) Dunlin - about 20 Dowitcher (unsure of which sp.) Lesser Yellowlegs Sanderlings - 2 (FOY and life bird) Also: Caspian Tern, Forster's Tern, and Franklin's Gull Seen shortly before I arrived by Bruce Fall: Ruddy Turnstone Plover (I can't remember if he said BB or Am Golden) The Ruff was seen for a few minutes around 8am on the far west end but we presumed that it may have left with the strong southerly winds) -- Derek Bakken spottedtow...@gmail.com ornitholature.blogspot.com Please contribute your sightings to our list; it is only as good as members make it! Also, please report your bird sighting to eBird and/or the MOU. The information gathered is vital to the future of birds. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
