[mou-net] Oregon shorebird was a ...

2010-09-08 Thread Jim Mattsson
Ta Da!...juvenile Red Knot. OK, most responses I received correctly ID'd it as a Red Knot. Several as a juvenile. But, as expected several were just plain stumped. In Minnesota, this is a bird and an age/plumage we just don't often get to see away from Lake Superior. I've birded for some

[mou-net] Oregon shorebird...qualifier

2010-09-06 Thread Jim Mattsson
I really meant for people to comment on the Flickr site, not the MOU-net. I only posted these photos for those who rarely, if ever, get to see this species in Minnesota AWAY from Duluth (ie. that's most of us!) where it is regular in migration. It's an increasingly important species, fairly