[mou] Lake Byllesby Birds, Dakota Co.

[Conny Brunell]

This afternoon from 12:30-2:30 at Lake Byllesby which is on CR 88 (292nd St E) in Randolph, on the south side of the road, out from the first gated pullout on the north shoreline there were easily a 1000 shorebirds out on the mudflats.  At one point I counted 500 on the ground just on half of the mudflats.  

There was a flock of 30 Short-billed Dowitchers feeding with a flock of 25 Dunlin (many others also), and as far as you could see in the scope Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated, Least (dominateing the numbers) Pectoral (many), White-rumped, Baird's, Sanderling, Spotted, Wilson's Phalarope, Semipalmated Plover (many).  There was also a Ross's Goose that came out to the shoreline from behind the cattails with 2 Canada Geese.

Conny Brunell
Richfield, Hennepin Cty
connyb@mycidco.com