[mou-net] Steele County shorebirds

2013-09-04 Thread Bob Ekblad
Following up on a database report by Herb Dingmann of Golden Plovers at a spot north of Rice Lake State Park I was able to find the plovers (I counted at least 400 of them!!!). I also refound some Sanderlings that Diane Anderson had found earlier today. I also found 4 Red-necked Phalaropes as

[mou-net] Freeborn Cty Caspian Terns

2013-09-04 Thread Bob Ekblad
Caspian Terns along with several shorebird species at north end of a lake on the east side of CR26 just SE of Geneva Sent from Bob Ekblad's iPhone 507-269-7436 Byron, MN - Olmsted County http://www.Birding-Minnesota.com Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net

[mou-net] Mississippi Kite, Hawk Ridge

2013-09-04 Thread Karl Bardon
While doing the official bird count at Hawk Ridge today, Cory Ritter and I saw another Mississippi Kite. The bird was seen from the Main Overlook at about 11:15 am, but remained very high and out toward the lake, continuing on southward toward downtown Duluth. Although we were not seeing very