[mou] Snowy Egrets/Douglas County (others)

[JELLISBIRD@aol.com]

        The Traveling Troupe of 4 Snowy Egrets (same ones reported earlier by 
Felker and others?) were seen Sunday late afternoon in western Douglas County 
near the intersection of Whisper Lane and Douglas County 19 (Western edge of 
Douglas Cnty). This is the same turnoff (a dead-end) where the Little Blue 
Herons were found last year. The Egrets were associating with a Great Egret and a 
Black-Crowned Night Heron and were seen in the wetland in the NE quadrant of 
this intersection from County 19.
        Cattle Egrets were at their usual spot south of Pelican Lake and an 
Orchard Oriole was seen on Whisper Lane. Over 75 Dunlin, 4 Short Billed 
Dowitchers, 2 Wilson's Phalaropes were in the mud flats off Douglas #3 on the SW 
corner of Lake Osakis on Friday and over 40 Dunlin were there today with higher 
water levels. Over 200 White Pelicans were in a wetland on the N side of Douglas 
Cnty 82 between Evansville and the west edge of Douglas. The Albany sewage 
ponds had 10 Dunlin, 12 to 15 White-Rumped Sandpipers, about 8-10 Bairds, 10 
Semi-Palmated, and two Wilson's Phalaropes. Also present were all 5 swallows, 8 
duck species (including N. Pintail) Forster's and Black Terns. Fish Lake (S. of 
Osakis) had 12 Caspian Terns, 4 Forster's Terns and two (nesting?) Eared 
Grebes.
    John (sorry for the length) Ellis, St. Paul