Re: [mou-net] Limpkin (Wantonwan Co.)

2023-06-05 Thread Kimberly Emerson
The limpkin made an appearance shortly before 6am yesterday (6/4) after a forty minute wait. It was concealed somewhere in the willows in the western marsh out of view (44.008660, -94.396310) before getting up and landing in a tree not far from us where it preened for a couple minutes. It then

Re: [mou-net] Limpkin (Wantonwan Co.)

2023-06-05 Thread Andrew Nyhus
Chad Hines refound the bird this morning around 5:15 at this location: 44.007240,-94.394606. Chad, Ron Erpelding and I watched it until around around 6:00 when it flew to here 44.008373,-94.393615 Also, present at this location was a Least Bittern. At one time the two birds were hunting within a

[mou-net] Limpkin (Wantonwan Co.)

2023-06-05 Thread Alyssa DeRubeis
On June 1, Rachel and Chad Hillesheim found Minnesota’s second state record of Limpkin in the ponds at 320th and 330th Streets. Here are the original coordinates: (44.008, -94.395). However, the bird seems to move around a fair bit, so be sure to check eBird for the most recent updates: