[mou] Buff-breasted Sandpipers and other sightings

Steve Weston Steve Weston" <sweston2@comcast.net
Thu, 2 Sep 2004 00:42:31 -0500


Yesterday (8/31) saw hundreds of Ring-bills and Franklins on Howard Lake in Wright County feeding on the surface.  Also at
least 50 C. Nighthawks at Waverly.

Today (9/1) shorebirds in Dakota County.

Jirik Sod Farm, Empire:
7 (or more) Buff-breasted Sandpipers
50+ Killdeer

180th Street marsh:  great habitat for shorebirds
2 Least Sandpipers
lots of Mourning Doves

Hasting: river
no shorebirds.  lots of gulls

Steve Weston on Quigley Lake in Eagan
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