[mou] shorebird report

[Steve Weston]

Shorebird migration has reached the Twin Cities.

7/7  Mud Lake on Ravena Trail se edge of Hastings
Good habitat,  6 species of shorebirds:
Killdeer 15
L Yellowlegs  1
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Semi-palmated Sandpiper 27
SB Dowitcher  1

7/8  Purgatory Creek behind Flagship  in Eden Prairie
Killdeer
Semi-palmated Sandpiper  3
also there:
Pelican 2
Ring-billed Gulls (500 -1000)
Herring Gull 1
Caspian Terns 4
Great Egret 60

Steve Weston on Quigley Lake in Eagan 
sweston2@comcast.net