[mou] Lakes Bylessby & Quiggley

Steve Weston Steve Weston" <sweston2@comcast.net
Sun, 8 May 2005 18:30:15 -0500


This afternoon at lake Bylessby I had 16 species of shorebirds, including 2 Buff-breasted Sandpipers.  Did not find the
Piping Plover.
Shorebirds:
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 2
Seni-Palmated Plover 15
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs (500+)
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet 1
Sanderling 2
Dunlin 22
Stilt Sandpiper 2
Semi-palmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpipers (100's)
Bairds Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
SB Dowitcher (7)
Wilsons Phalarope (7)

Other birds of note & firsts of the season
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Grey-cheeked Thrush (Lake Quiggley)
Whip-poor-will (reported from last night by neighboors)
Great-creasted Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Cape May Warbler
Yellow Warbler
C. Yellowthroat

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