[mou] Willets-Douglas County

[Benjamin Fritchman]

I arrived at Lake Osakis and searched the place where the Ibis had been. I 
found 2 Caspian Terns loafing in with the Franklin's Gulls. As I pulled back 
on the road I noticed a large shorebird across the road on the lake 
shoreline. I turned around and here I was treated to 3 Willets! They were 
within 20 feet and kept feeding without being disturbed, I even got to see 
one of them raise its wings, man that's so cool.
Later on on CR 3 just north of Osakis I found 6 Marbled Godwits, 5 Sem. 
Plovers, 6 Least Sandpipers, 4 Dunlins, one Wilson's Phalarope, and several 
pecs and yellowlegs.
When I got home, I was called to the deck where I sat with my mom and we 
listened to a Bittern, at least 5 Soras, and one Virginia Rail. It was neat 
watching the Soras flying around. Great evening to end even a greater day.

Ben Fritchman,
Long Prairie, Todd County

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