[mou] early Snowy Egret, 9 April

[Chu, Philip]

Of some interest yesterday, 9 April, was a Snowy Egret in Big Stone =
County's Otrey Township, along CR 67 1.0 mile south of CR 10.

A few years ago Tom Tustison (2001) wrote that the state's earliest =
Snowy Egret was 10 April 1981 in Anoka County, meaning, I guess, that =
yesterday's Snowy represents a new early date (by all of one day).

Phil Chu
Department of Biology
St. John's University
Collegeville, MN 56321

Tustison, T.  2001.  Influx of Snowy Egrets into Minnesota:  spring 2000 =
migratory movement.  Loon 73:3-7.=20