We are starting to get some good reports of migrant shorebirds in the Minnesota Birding Facebook group. Below are a few highlights:
Today (7/30/15), Julie Zempel found a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER in Carver Co, in a flooded farm field on County Rd. 32 about a block wast of Tacoma Ave, on the north side of the road. This location is a few miles east of the town of Waconia. Other shorebird species were present as well, including LESSER YELLOWLEGS, PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, and DOWITCHER SP. CAUTION: Julie said that there isn't much of a shoulder here, so please exercise caution if you try for these birds. On 7/29/15 in northern Washington County, Erik Collins reported PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, LEAST SANDPIPERS, BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER. The birds were in a flooded field on 180th St. east of Elmcrest Ave., on the southeastern edge of Forest Lake. Today at the same location, Erik reported LESSER YELLOWLEGS,PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, LEAST SANDPIPERS, KILLDEER, and a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, though he said there isn't much water left. On 7/28/15, at Miedd Lake in Yellow Medicine County, Garrett Wee reported very large numbers of shorebirds. Species included BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, both YELLOWLEGS, STILT SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, DOWITCHER SP, and WILSON'S PHALAROPE. Most of these species were present in very large numbers. He also reported DICKCISSEL, BOBOLINK, several sparrow species, and a number of other good species. Peter Nichols Cottage Grove Washington County ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
