[mou-net] Buff-breasted Sandpipers, Jirik Sod Farms (8/26)

Apolpgies for the delayed post: Yesterday at @400PM, I saw five Buff-breasted Sandpipers at Jirik Sod Farms (Dakota Co.). They were at the location described in the previous post, on the southernmost green field on the west side of the road (Blaine Ave.) across from the farm office building. The

[mou-net] Bell's Vireo, Rose Park, Burnsville, Dakota Co. (6/9)

Apologies for the late posting. Yesterday evening (June 9th). I heard a Bell's Vireo singing pretty consistently between 600PM-700PM next to the soccer fields at Rose Park in Burnsville. Rose Park is located off of County Hwy. 42 on the south side of the road, just west of the Burnsville Mall.

[mou-net] Imm. Great Black-backed Gull AND Long-tailed Duck, Thief River Falls Sewage Lagoons (5/19)

Yesterday Caleb Ashling and I found an immature Great Black-backed Gull and a Long-tailed Duck at the Thief River Falls Sewage Lagoons in Pennington County. Both birds were seen @400PM. Sorry for the delayed post (got home at 430AM) and lack of photos (no camera). You'll need to get permission to

[mou-net] 40+ Caspian Terns, Normandale Lake, Bloomington (Hennepin Co.)

There are at least 40 Caspian Terns resting on a small sandbar on Normandale Lake in Bloomington right now, as viewed from my office window. Andrew Forbes, Assistant Coordinator Upper Mississippi River/Great Lakes Region Joint Venture U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MBSP, Region 3 5600 American

[mou-net] Warblers at Lake Normandale (Hennepin Co.)- Connecticut and others

Briefly, I did a walk this AM around Lake Normandale in Bloomington early this morning, and there appears to be some major warbler movement going on, 13 species observed over about 45 minutes listed below: Connecticut Warbler (singing repeatedly from the undergrowth on the south side of the lake)

[mou-net] Shorebirds, etc. -180th st. marsh, etc.

Caleb Ashling and I did a brief run through the 180th st. marsh area in Dakota Co. after work today, hoping for some shorebirds before the rain. We saw some, but overall it was pretty slow. Highlights follow: Flooded field on 210th st., (S of Vermillion, near it's intersection w/Northfield

[mou-net] Common Redpoll, Burnsville (Dakota Co.)

One female Common Redpoll, seen in my backyard this afternoon (1/8) in Burnsville (Dakota Co.), on the nyjer feeder that I bought specifically to try to attract redpolls. Looks like the investment paid off! First new yard bird I've had in while. Good birding, Andy Forbes, Burnsville, Dakota Co.