[mou] Birding Western MN
Pmegeland@aol.com
Pmegeland@aol.com
Sun, 11 May 2003 20:47:10 EDT
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Spent several days in Lyon, Yellow Medicine, and Lac Qui Parle Counties with
most of the birding time doing volunteer Shorebird surveys for the
government.
Saw very few shorebirds considering I surveyed two full townships. Saw more
shorebirds at the Dawson sewage ponds than both townships combined. Birds at
Dawson were: Lesser Yellowlegs 3, Wilson Phalarope 20, Whiterumped
sandpiper 2, Dunlin 9, Spotted 2, Least Sandpiper 7 and Killdeer 3. I did
find 6 Snowgeese and a Ross's Goose at a WMA six miles south and two miles
east of Dawson. There were a pair of Eared grebes there also and about 30
Black Terns.
Most of the rest of my birding was at Cottonwood, Lyon Co. in my mothers
yard. Highlights were a Gnatcatcher, both Graycheeked and Swainsons Thrush,
Golden-winged, Parula and Blackpoll Warblers, and four flyby Willets. While
there were not large waves of birds, movement was constant and had over 70
species in the yard for those days.
Paul Egeland
Bloomington
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=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">Spent several days in Lyon, Yellow Medicine, and Lac Q=
ui Parle Counties with most of the birding time doing volunteer Shorebird su=
rveys for the government.<BR>
Saw very few shorebirds considering I surveyed two full townships. Saw more=20=
shorebirds at the Dawson sewage ponds than both townships combined. Birds at=
Dawson were: Lesser Yellowlegs 3, Wilson Phalarope 20, Whiterum=
ped sandpiper 2, Dunlin 9, Spotted 2, Least Sandpiper 7 an=
d Killdeer 3. I did find 6 Snowgeese and a Ross's Goose at a WMA =
six miles south and two miles east of Dawson. There were a pair of Eared gr=
ebes there also and about 30 Black Terns.<BR>
Most of the rest of my birding was at Cottonwood, Lyon Co. in my mothers yar=
d. Highlights were a Gnatcatcher, both Graycheeked and Swainsons Thrush, Gol=
den-winged, Parula and Blackpoll Warblers, and four flyby Willets. While the=
re were not large waves of birds, movement was constant and had over 70 spec=
ies in the yard for those days. <BR>
Paul Egeland <BR>
Bloomington</FONT></HTML>
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