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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 east of the Crane Creek area. The best = bird, of course, was the breeding-plumaged adult White-faced Ibis at the = sewage ponds. I found the bird at the pond farthest west along CR 30 = around 2:30 p.m., and it was still there as I left around 3:15 p.m. = There were a good number of shorebirds here as well: -Greater Yellowlegs (2) -Lesser Yellowlegs (12) -Semipalmated Sandpiper (50+) -Least Sandpiper (only 1 for sure) -unidentified peeps (about 100 flying around the back pond not visible = from the road) -Baird's Sandpiper (2) -Short-billed Dowitcher (8) As I left, an adult Peregine Falcon made a few swings around the pond, = flushing up the shorebirds, but luckily the ibis didn't seem to care. In the Crane Creek area-- At the pond 3/4 of a mile north of CR 30 on the west side of Yancy: -Lesser Yellowlegs (2) -Spotted Sandpiper (1) -Semipalmated Sandpiper (~25) -Wilson's Phalarope (3 - 2 females and 1 male) At the ponds along CR 30 just west of Yale St.: -Semipalmated Plover (10) -Spotted Sandpiper (1) -Dunlin (15) -Semipalmated Sandpiper (200+) -Least Sandpiper (1 for sure, probably more) -White-rumped Sandpiper (5) For some odd reason, I did not find any Pectoral Sandpipers anywhere = this afternoon. Good birding! -Bob Dunlap, Carver County ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C4392E.273F5F80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This afternoon I birded the Crane Creek = area in NW=20 Carver County as well as the Mayer sewage ponds to the east of the Crane = Creek=20 area. The best bird, of course, was the breeding-plumaged adult=20 White-faced Ibis at the sewage ponds. I found the bird at the pond = farthest west along CR 30 around 2:30 p.m., and it was still there as I = left=20 around 3:15 p.m. There were a good number of shorebirds here as=20 well:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Greater Yellowlegs (2)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Lesser Yellowlegs (12)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Semipalmated Sandpiper = (50+)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Least Sandpiper (only 1 for = sure)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-unidentified peeps (about 100 flying = around the=20 back pond not visible from the road)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Baird's Sandpiper (2)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Short-billed Dowitcher = (8)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As I left, an adult Peregine Falcon = made a few=20 swings around the pond, flushing up the shorebirds, but luckily the ibis = didn't=20 seem to care.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In the Crane Creek area--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>At the pond 3/4 of a mile north of = CR 30 on=20 the west side of Yancy:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Lesser Yellowlegs (2)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Spotted Sandpiper (1)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Semipalmated Sandpiper = (~25)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Wilson's Phalarope (3 - 2 females and = 1=20 male)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>At the ponds along CR 30 just west of = Yale=20 St.:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Semipalmated Plover (10)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Spotted Sandpiper (1)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Dunlin (15)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Semipalmated Sandpiper = (200+)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Least Sandpiper (1 for sure, probably=20 more)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-White-rumped Sandpiper = (5)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>For some odd reason, I did not find any = Pectoral=20 Sandpipers anywhere this afternoon.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Good birding!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Bob Dunlap, Carver County</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C4392E.273F5F80--