Sorry for the late post. Saturday morning I explored Hey birders!
Sorry for the late post. Saturday morning I explored the southeastern part of Blue Earth County. The best location by far was Perch Lake which is experiencing some low water. There were over 50 egrets and Great Blue Herons, Caspian Tern, Black Tern, and probably close to 500 shorebirds along the north edge (you'll need a scope because the best viewing is the south side of the lake). Species were dominated by unidentified peeps and both yellowlegs. I also found a pure albino swallow, probably Tree judging by structure. All other previously mentioned shorebird areas in Blue Earth County were dry. Mapleton Sewage ponds held Franklin's Gulls and a couple of Black Terns. Shorebird habitat is good but only a couple of yellowlegs were there. Perch WPA has some shorebird habitat on the dead-end road off of CR4 but also had numerous Bobolinks, Sedge Wrens, and Savannah Sparrows. I also found a Swainson's Hawk on the northwest side of Lura Lake (my first August record) sitting on a large bale of hay. Warblers: Nashville, Tennessee, Yellow, Wilson's, American Redstart, and Common Yellowthroat. The Common Moorhens were still present northeast of Lake Crystal. All 6 young of the year were floating in the middle of that wetland when I came by. Happy birding! Chad Heins Mankato, MN "But ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you; Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?" --Job 12:7, 9 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
