[mou] Morris WMD/Big Stone NWR Birding Weekend
Doug Buri
dougburi@tnics.com
Sun, 4 May 2003 20:13:02 -0500
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The Morris WMD/Big Stone NWR Birding Weekend produced quite a few "good" =
birds; even considering the less than pleasant weather. In addition to =
the expected species, some of the more noteworthy birds were:=20
CLARK'S GREBE (3 were with the several hundred Westerns on Thielke Lake.
BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS (more of this species than any other shorebird found)
WILLET (more than a dozen at Mud Lake on the border with South Dakota)
PIPING PLOVER (also at Mud Lake)
UPLAND SANDPIPER
WHITE RUMPED SANDPIPER
GOLDEN PLOVER
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
DUNLIN
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
SHORT EARED OWL
WHITE-FACED IBIS (probably the most unexpected find of the weekend)
A pretty good list considering 40 mph wind gusts and periodic rain that =
seemed to come in horizontal sheets everytime we stepped off the bus.
Doug Buri
Milbank, South Dakota=20
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<DIV><STRONG>The Morris WMD/Big Stone NWR Birding Weekend produced quite =
a few=20
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<DIV><STRONG>CLARK'S GREBE (3 were with the several hundred Westerns on =
Thielke=20
Lake.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS (more of this species than any other =
shorebird=20
found)</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>WILLET (more than a dozen at Mud Lake on the border with =
South=20
Dakota)</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>PIPING PLOVER (also at Mud Lake)</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>UPLAND SANDPIPER</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>WHITE RUMPED SANDPIPER</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>GOLDEN PLOVER</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>SEMIPALMATED PLOVER</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>DUNLIN</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>WILSON'S PHALAROPE</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>SHORT EARED OWL</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>WHITE-FACED IBIS (probably the most unexpected find of the=20
weekend)</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>A pretty good list considering 40 mph wind gusts and =
periodic rain=20
that seemed to come in horizontal sheets everytime we stepped off =
the=20
bus.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Doug Buri</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Milbank, South Dakota</STRONG> </DIV></BODY></HTML>
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