Saturday's Salt Lake Festival attracted 50 to 75 birders, of which about 50 shared their finds at the dinner well served by the Sons (well actually the Daughters) of Norway at Madison, MN in Lac Qui Parle County.
One hundred twenty-eight species were found primarily in Lac Qui Parle and Big Stone Counties. An additional couple of species were noted the next day (Solitary Sandpiper & Field Sparrow) . Finds included: 25 species of waterfowl including: Eared and Horned Grebes and White-fronted Geese on Salt Lake Western and Clarks Grebes on Thielke Lake 13 species of shorebirds including: Willet, both Godwits, Semipalmated, Least, and Bairds Sandpipers, Long-billed Dowitcher, Dunlin, Semi-palmated Plover 3 warblers including Black & white Others of note included: Am. Bittern Peregrine Falcon Ferruginous Hawk (a pair seen in Mehurin Township) Gray Partridge (only two seen) Prairie-Chicken Long-eared & Short-eared owls Smiths Longspur (CR 66 west of MN 40 west of Milan) N. Mockingbird ( CR 7 .5 miles south of US 212) Marsh Wren Eastern Meadowlark Steve Weston on Quigley Lake in Eagan swest...@comcast.net
