[mou] Black-bellied Plover, Nicollet County

[rdunlap at gustavus.edu]

This afternoon I went to look for Bob Williams's Buff-breasted  
Sandpipers in Nicollet County and came up empty. There were several  
species in the second pond of the WMA, but alas no Buffies.

Interestingly, at the Nicollet sewage ponds just south of Nicollet on  
the east side of CR 23 I found a breeding-plumaged Black-bellied  
Plover sitting on the grassy berm. There was also a Wilson's Phalarope  
foraging along the rocky edge of one of the ponds.

If anyone happens to find a Red-necked Phalarope at these ponds,  
please post, as over the past four years I have checked here regularly  
and only found Wilson's.

Bob Dunlap, Nicollet County
bobthebirdman.blogspot.com