When I left Salt Lake at noon today 9/12, the phalarope was only about 50
yards from the road, in excellent light (same location as previously
mentioned), and had only moved about 15 yards in the 2+ hours I was there.
15 species of shorebirds seen on the lake including the other 2 phalarope
species
Here is some more info about the Linwood Lake Townsend's Warbler:
1) In 5 hours of searching, only a few of us got a few brief glimpses of
the bird Saturday - it will take time to find.
2) Per Cole Foster's original post, yes, it is quicker to come in from the
south. We came in from the nort
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Hello:
While looking at shorebirds this morning I got fantastic looks at a =
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The Red Phalarope is still at Salt Lake as of 7-9 a.m. this morning, 9-12-04.
John Ellis, St. Paul.
Hi Ben,
Eliminating the Ringed-turtle Dove is very simple in Minnesota. While ferral
populations will breed to darker plumage, any
Ring-turtle Doves that you find in Minnesota should be escapees and not ferral,
ie the off-spring of escapees. At least I
have heard of no reports of any that have
Sorry about not posting last night as I should have, but I refound the red
Phalarope at about 6:30 last night in the NE corner of Salt Lake. It was
pretty easy to pick out and it spent most of its time out in the water a few
feet, I guess as most phalaropes do. The bird seemed pretty content fee
Went up to Linwood Lake on Saturday afternoon. Jeff Dane and I briefly saw the
Townsends Warbler at about 3:30. John
Hockima and one of his crew saw it about a half hour earlier. The Warbler was
with a Pine Warbler. While there were other
warblers not far away, it was not with a wave. She wa
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