This afternoon at lake Bylessby I had 16 species of shorebirds, including 2 Buff-breasted Sandpipers. Did not find the Piping Plover. Shorebirds: Buff-breasted Sandpiper 2 Seni-Palmated Plover 15 Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs (500+) Solitary Sandpiper Willet 1 Sanderling 2 Dunlin 22 Stilt Sandpiper 2 Semi-palmated Sandpiper Least Sandpipers (100's) Bairds Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper SB Dowitcher (7) Wilsons Phalarope (7)
Other birds of note & firsts of the season Ruby-throated Hummingbird Grey-cheeked Thrush (Lake Quiggley) Whip-poor-will (reported from last night by neighboors) Great-creasted Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Rose-breasted Grosbeak Cape May Warbler Yellow Warbler C. Yellowthroat Steve Weston on Quigley Lake in Eagan swest...@comcast.net