[mou] American Avocets in Brown County
Brian Smith
brsmith@sleepyeyetel.net
Sat, 17 May 2003 20:42:42 -0500
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Hello:
I found two American Avocets while birding at the Sleepy Eye sewage =
ponds this evening. They were in the far eastern pond and when I first =
found them they had taken off from the riprap and flew across the pond =
to the other side. Something I discovered about these birds that I was =
unaware of is that they will swim and feed on the water Phalarope-like. =
I watched them for about fifteen minutes and they were still there when =
I left. A very striking bird, the first ones that I've ever seen in =
Minnesota. Otherwise, the shorebird migration around here is still =
pretty slow. The only other shorebirds that I found this evening were =
two Wilson's Phalaropes and a few Least Sandpipers. =20
Brian Smith
Sleepy Eye
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I found two<STRONG> American =
Avocets</STRONG> while=20
birding at the Sleepy Eye sewage ponds this evening. =
They were in the=20
far eastern pond and when I first found them they had taken off from=20
the riprap and flew across the pond to the other side. =
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I discovered about these birds that I was unaware of is that they =
will swim=20
and feed on the water Phalarope-like. I watched them for about =
fifteen=20
minutes and they were still there when I left. A very striking bird, the =
first=20
ones that I've ever seen in Minnesota. Otherwise, the =
shorebird=20
migration around here is still pretty slow. The only other =
shorebirds=20
that I found this evening were two Wilson's Phalaropes =
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a few Least Sandpipers. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Brian Smith</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sleepy Eye</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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