Had a good time that would've been better had I brought the scope along with me
to the park. Saw a good variety of shorebirds including Lesser Yellowlegs,
Pectoral Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper and many peeps, most of which I would say
were Leasts. Best bird of the day was a Ruddy Turnstone that
There are a couple of resources on the internet that are useful for finding
suitable shorebird habitat in Corps of Engineers controlled pools / waterways.
www.rivergages.com will give information for the entire US.
For example, East Pool at Big Stone NWR the "magic" number is 948' MSL. At this
Hey birders,
I went out looking for shorebirds in Blue Earth County on Sunday. Habitat is
typically sparse but I was able to find some interesting areas.
Area 1: A small wetland on CR168. Take CR10 east from Beauford. Turn south on
CR16 and east on CR168. Shorebirds present: Wilson's Snipe,
Bob Janssen and I had a good shorebird workshop this weekend. We found 18
species. Shorebirds found were:
American Golden-Plover ( Big Stone NWR -- SW 1/4 of Section 8 Agassiz Twp.) in
an bare dirt field
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted
07, 2008 9:10 PM
Subject: [mou] Shorebirds at Purgatory Creek wetands, Hennepin County
> The amount of exposed mud at the Purgatory Creek wetlands in Eden Prairie
> has increased greatly over the past few days, attracting modest numbers of
> shorebirds.
> Among the species present duri
The amount of exposed mud at the Purgatory Creek wetlands in Eden Prairie has
increased greatly over the past few days, attracting modest numbers of
shorebirds.
Among the species present during visits the past two evenings:
Stilt Sandpiper (4) Wednesday
Baird's Sandpiper (5) Wednesday
Wilson's Ph
At the shorebird workshop held here in Milbank SD this weekend we found these
shorebird species.
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sand
This afternoon Bob Williams and I birded the large sewage ponds on the
north side of Annandale in northwest Wright County. There are four
ponds present here, and the water level in each was fairly low. The
best habitat was at the pond farthest west. Present were:
Semipalmated Plover
Killldee
I have been searching for shorebirds in anticipation of the shorebird workshop
this upcoming weekend. The migration is coming along well with lots of
shorebirds in the limited available habitat.
No great rarities but the following are around in Big Stone and Lac Que Parle
Co.: Lesser Yellowleg
Stopped by Purgatory Creek rec area in Eden Prairie today to check out
shorebirds.? The leasts are still hanging around along with lots of Killdeer
and a few spotted sandpipers.? I also saw one shorebird that had markings very
similar to the lesast sandpiper.? However, it was larger, more the si
I went to 2 places today that were good for shorebirds this spring and I was
not disappointed. At the new WMA just north of the town of Nicollet in
Nicollet County and at the Gaylord Sewage Ponds just south of Gaylord in Sibley
County there were well over 50 birds each including Short-billed
D
I stopped by Purgatory Creek (Eden Prairie, Hennepin Co.) this evening. There
were <20 Leasts and 1 Pectoral Sandpiper. Also present was a flock of ~50 R-W
Blackbirds/C. Grackles.
There is a mudflat that is forming just 50 feet from the blind, which about 1/3
of the shorebirds were. (Hopefully t
This afternoon I went to the Foley sewage lagoons and Gilman sewage
ponds. Foley had all of the shorebirds. Gilman interestingly enough had a Black
Duck mixed in with the Mallards. Here is a list of the shorebirds.
* Killdeer
* Wilson's Phalarope
* Both Yellowlegs
* Least Sandpiper
* Sem
This morning at Minnesota Point in Duluth, MN. there were two pectoral
sandpipers, two semipalmated sandpipers, two least sandpipers, one lesser
yellow
legs, two killdeer, and two spotted sandpipers, all on the beach on the
airport side of the bay, in between the airport and the soccer fie
I stopped at two wet fields in Empire Twshp in Dakota County and found some
shorebirds.
Jirik Sod Farm (200th and Blaine). Several Killdeer and one juvenile
plumage Least Sandpiper. It seems awefully early for a juvenile shorebird
to show up.
190th Street east of Biscayne: Several Killdeer
Shorebird numbers and diversity changed significantly by the afternoon
today (6 June).
Tthe two Franklin's Gulls stayed together and both were wearing adult-
like plumage.
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Peder H. Svingen
Duluth, MN
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On the city beach today:
1 dunlin
1 semipalmated sandpiper
1 bairds sandpiper
2 white-rumped sandpipers
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Finally, Lake Byllesby has some shorebirds. Jim Otto and I found about 150
birds and 11 species. Everything is a long way off due to still high water.
Species included:
Ruddy Turnstone
Wilson's Phalarope
Dunlin
Baird's
Semipalmated Plover
Willet
Also
16 Caspian Tern
2 Common T
In my previous post I neglected to mention that in addition to the snipe I
also counted over 30 Greater Yellowlegs, along with several Lesser
Yellowlegs and 5 Pectoral Sandpipers (this was at Carlos Avery in Anoka
Co.)
Melissa Hein
North Branch
Killdeer--20
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Semipalmated S.--- 3
Least S.-- 2
Pectoral S.---15
Wilson's Phalarope 1
Fred Lesher
LaCrosse, Wis.
Choose the right car based
"Southwest Marsh" at Murphy-Hanrehan Park, Scott Co., has rather good
shorebird habitat and although diversity is modest, numbers have been
steadily increasing over the past 10 days. This morning (7-27) there
were: Killdeer - 40, Lesser Yellowlegs - 8, Solitary Sandpiper - 48,
Spotted Sandp
The west pool on Giese Waterfowl Production Area, Stevens County, is in
drawdown right now and playing host to at least 200 shorebirds. Already
significantly more birds than were seen there on Wednesday and I imagine it
continue to be a good site for the next couple of weeks as we get closer to
t
Being in the neighborhood, I was able to stop by the sewerage lagoons south of
Sleepy Eye today. Regretably, this was at dusk, so I was unable to fully
assess what was there. I did find at least five species of shorebirds
including Killdeer, Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpiper, Spotted Sand
going on yet-
Robin LaFortune
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From: Chet Meyers
To: mou-net at cbs.umn.edu
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 12:51 PM
Subject: [mou] Shorebirds on move
Chet Meyers writes
With strong NW winds most of the day, more shorebirds should be winging
their way
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It looks like the "fall" shorebird migration has already begun in the
Twin Cities. This morning on the extensive mudflats at Chaska Lake
were about 65 Killdeer, 7 Lesser Yellowlegs, and 13 Least Sandpipers.
The habitat looks excellent right now and should remain so into August
if not later.
Sunday afternoon I found a handful of shorebirds in a wet field on the
south side of Co. Rd. 8 about 2 miles west of Ceylon(just west of 80th
Ave)in southwest Martin County. I had American Golden Plover, Baird's
Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs and several Wilson's
Snipe.
Earlier
Birded 140th St, 180th St. & Lake Byllesby in Dakota County this afternoon.
At Lake Byllesby I found four species of shorebirds on the mudflats
including:
Killdeer
American Golden Plover (2)
Pectoral Sandpiper (2 or 3)
Semi-Palm Sandpiper (at least 5)
All of the puddle ducks that normally are fo
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Nov. 14, 2006 - Lake Byllesby, Dakota Co.
Black Scoter not seen today, only 2 Common Loons on big water...but found these
at west end mudflats:
Black-bellied Plover - 1
American Golden-Plover - 1
Dunlin - 5
Pec
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It ain't over 'til it's over. I think Yogi Berra said that, but it also might
have been "dubbyuh". Anyway, today I decided to test the spector of Friday the
13th as it might apply to Lake Byllesby. I was not dis
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The best spot I am aware of in Dakota Co. is the lake I previously posted just
northeast of Pilot Knob and 170th. There have been 10 species present the past
few days including Sb Dowitcher (1) and Semipalmated
Many in both MN & WI have noted early shorebird movement, as well as
significant diversity (myself included).
Should we take this as a potential indicator of nesting failure - or quick
success - or...?
Al Schirmacher
Princeton, MN
Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties
This evening (7/6) I stopped at the creek that crosses Hwy 7 in McLeod
County just west of the county line and found four species of shorebirds:
Killdeer (including some juveniles)
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Least Sandpiper 31
Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN
swest...@c
Although passerine migration did pick up last Saturday (in WC Minn) to push
it from dismal to poor, shorebird migration hit with a big bang on Friday
and has not let up yet. Since Friday I have not had time to do much
traveling, even around the county, but have still seen 18 species of
shorebird,
A few shorebirds were on the sandbars/flats at Morgan Park this morning:
Willet 1
Ruddy Turnstone 1
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Dunlin 12
Least Sandpiper 6
Semipalm. Plover 1
The birds were on the downstream side of the point that extends into Spirit
Lake from the site
On the east side of Hwy. 169 just south of Seven Mile Creek County Park is a
flooded field that has been attracting shorebirds for a few weeks now. Water
levels were dropping after the floodwaters began to recede, but the river is
beginning to flood again from last week's rains, and so there is qui
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This morning there were some new Shorebird arrivals in Dakota County.
Lake Byllesby
1 ~ Semipalmated Plover
1 ~ Dunlin
1 ~ Semipalmated Sandpiper
33 ~ Pectoral Sandpipers
4 ~ Greater Yellowlegs
52 ~ Franklin's G
Shorebird Report for Dakota Co, Sunday afternoon
Lake Byllesby
Sand bars coming back as water levels drop, but high wind probably chased
birds reproted by earlier observers into less exposed locations.
One Killdeer
Waterfowl: only expected dabblers
Other birds:
Black-crowned Nightheron - flushed
Phil Chu and I surveyed Big Stone and Lac Qui Parle County, and one
site in Yellow Medicine County (Lanners WMA, NE of St. Leo) today for
shorebirds. The grand total was a modest 661 for the three counties,
but variety (16 species) was good for early October. Most noteworthy
were an American Av
So I found some shorebirds, but not around the Twin Cities. If you
happen to be out in Northwestern Minnesota check out Hamden Slough
National Wildlife Refuge. It is located 7 miles west of Detroit Lakes.
While driving around I found a very large mudflat area that had quite a
few shorebirds on
Found myself in St. Peter this afternoon and stopped to check out the
(former?) sewerage ponds just east of the city. Ponds are drawn way down
and not presently in use. There were few birds in these formerly lush
pools. Only shorebirds were a Least Sandpiper, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper,
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Aug. 3
180th St. wetland (1/2 mi. west of Goodwin Ave.) Dakota Co.
Sandpipers:
Stilt - 1
Pectoral -9
Least - 10
Semipalmated - 8
Solitary - 3
Spotted - 2
Plovers:
Semipalmated - 3
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs
Several shorebirds arrived overnight in the Morgan Park/Spirit Lake area of
Duluth. At 7:00 this morning (Thurs. 05/05) the following were on the
sandbars on the upstream side of the point near the old steel plant:
Willet.2
Dowitcher (S-b?).3
Pectoral Sandpiper4
L. Yellowlegs.24
Out and about Olmsted County today it seems that shorebirds and other migrants
are on the move.
At what we used to call the "Historical Society Pond" (now in front of a church
construction site) on the north side of County 22 (AKA Salem Road) just west of
34th Ave SE in SW Rochester were:
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Checking likely shorebird locations yesterday afternoon, I found no flooded
fields for attracting shorebirds. Sod farms
were not visted as they are dry and probably would not be rewarding.
Lake Bylessby remains the single discovered hot spot in the county. Seven
species observed: Greater Yello
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On a quick trip to western MN checked out the shorebird area two miles from
St.Leo in Yellow Medicine Co. Even though there were a couple of hunters
shooting ducks I did see a
Good numbers of shorebirds can still be found in western Minnesota.
Surveys this past weekend found 20 species, including a White-rumped
Sandpiper in Toqua Township, Big Stone County. The first juvenile
Long-billed Dowitchers of the year showed up, and a few juvenile
Short-billeds are still lingeri
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Today I birded Yellow Medicine County along with Rick Hoyme, John =
Hockema, Josh Watson, and Carol Schumache
thursday
Lake Bylessby: Hundreds of smaller shorebirds. No Avocets or other unusual
shorebirds. Eight species ID'd including at
least 120 Dunlin, perhaps the most numerous species. Others included
Semi-palmated Plover and SB Dowitcher (>12). Also
present over 200 Pelicans and 4 Caspian Tern
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This afternoon I birded the Crane Creek area in NW Carver County as well =
as the Mayer sewage ponds to the e
Shorebirds Dakota Co. 4/11
140th St. Marsh
Killdeer
Wilsons Snipe - 7
L. Bylessby
Killdeer
G. Yellowlegs - 6
L. Yellowlegs -1
Dunlin - 2 or 3
Pectoral Sandpiper - 57
Other birds for weekend
15 sp of waterfowl inc. Blue Snow Goose
first sightings for me for year: Yellow-rump Warbler, RC Kinglet,
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Hello:
There are a few late migrant shorebirds stopping by the Sleepy Eye =
sewage ponds. This afternoon I
Alright,
Tonight, went out and missed the Whimbrel Mike Hendrickson saw. Then at Park
Point, in the same spot that Mike mentioned, I had Ruddy Turnstone (2),
Sanderling (~50), and Semipalmated Plover (3). Only 2 shorebirds at Morgan
Park. 1 L. Yellowlegs and 1 Pectoral Sandpiper.
Previous sigh
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Today at Park Point on the lake side out near the airport I saw the =
following shorebirds.
20+ Sanderlings
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The mudflats along the point in the Morgan Park area of Duluth are about =
the most extensive they've been in
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Twice recently my husband and I have walked here on the trails and
noticed a lake with some nice mud flats with shorebirds.
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Hello:
This afternoon I found nine Buff-breasted Sandpipers on the sod runways =
of the Sleepy Eye airport.
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Rice Lake is in northern Faribault county between Winnebago and Delavan. =
The lake is not very deep and has
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HI:
This is a late report but worth reporting anyway.
At the mouth of the Miller Creek, which is the bay ar
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There are several species of shorebirds frequenting the mudflats off the =
point at Morgan Park the past co
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On a whim I decided to check out the shorebird habitat at 610th St 1mi
west of Cedar Mills in Meeker Cty. I was hoping for
In my travels I came upon two flocks of shorebirds:
Rogers, Hennepin Co. Brockton (CR13) & No. Diamond Lake Road (CR 144)
About 15-20 birds including: Dunlin (4-5), Killdeer, Baird's Sandpiper, Least
Sandpiper?
Buffalo, Wright Co. CR35 just east of Buffalo
About 30-40 birds including: Dunlin (
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At Roseau River Wildlife Area on Tuesday I watched 4 Marbled Godwits arrive
from the south, cruise the East Pond, and land on a small island where they
joined 4 other MAGO and an Hu
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