[mou] Mad dogs, Englishmen & few birds

[chetmeyers@visi.com]

Chet Meyers writes:
What else to do on one of the hotest days of the year.  Birded 140 marsh
(too much water); 180th marsh four species of shorebird (nothing unusual);
Jirik Sod farms (no water) and the Empire substation (1 western meadowlark
singing).  Did find 6 loggerhead shrikes on Emory Ave. between 140th and 180th
and on 180th between Emory and the 180th marsh.  Let's keep each other up to
date on good shorbird habitat.  I had hoped that the recent storm dropped lots
of water on the sod farms, but apparently they got very little.  Much of the
sod is burning out.   From Dakota County...Chet Meyers.