[mou] Fwd: eBird Report - Big Stone NWR , 7/16/06

[Peder Svingen]

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Shorebird surveys in western Minnesota 15-16 July tallied more than=20
6,000 individuals (20 species). Highlights included Snowy Plover and=20
Willet at Big Stone NWR on the 16th, and two avocets at Agassiz NWR and=20=

a record-early Dunlin at Hamden Slough NWR on the 15th.

East Pool at Big Stone NWR continues to be the best single location for=20=

diversity and total number of shorebirds (see below). East Pool can be=20=

viewed from the "low flow area" off county road 21 and also from the=20
dam along US highway 75.
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Peder H. Svingen
Duluth, MN

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> From: do-not-reply@ebird.org
> Date: July 17, 2006 12:14:50 AM CDT
> To: psvingen@d.umn.edu
> Subject: eBird Report - Big Stone NWR , 7/16/06
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>
> Location:     Big Stone NWR
> Observation date:     7/16/06
> Notes:      Shorebird survey at Big Stone NWR conducted by Philip C.=20=

> Chu and Peder H. Svingen assisted by Jeanie M. Joppru. Temperatures=20
> 80=BA at start time of 0550 increasing to 90=BA by early afternoon; =
dew=20
> point 65=BA with winds south 5-10 mph (occasionally gusting to 15) and=20=

> broken overcast most of the morning due to showers and thunderstorms.=20=

> Total of 3466 shorebirds (17 species) at refuge, including 239=20
> unidentified peeps and 7 unidentified dowitchers. The two Snowy Plover=20=

> chicks found 8 July were not seen on the 16th, but probably were still=20=

> present.
> Number of species:     17
>
> Snowy Plover     1
> Semipalmated Plover     19
> Killdeer     554
> Greater Yellowlegs     15
> Lesser Yellowlegs     288
> Solitary Sandpiper     14
> Willet     1
> Spotted Sandpiper     45
> Marbled Godwit     14
> Semipalmated Sandpiper     390
> Least Sandpiper     1145
> Baird's Sandpiper     11
> Pectoral Sandpiper     214
> Stilt Sandpiper     388
> Short-billed Dowitcher     61
> Wilson's Snipe     1
> Wilson's Phalarope     59
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2=20
> (http://www.ebird.org)

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Shorebird surveys in western Minnesota 15-16 July tallied more than
6,000 individuals (20 species). Highlights included Snowy Plover and
Willet at Big Stone NWR on the 16th, and two avocets at Agassiz NWR
and a record-early Dunlin at Hamden Slough NWR on the 15th.=20


East Pool at Big Stone NWR continues to be the best single location
for diversity and total number of shorebirds (see below). East Pool
can be viewed from the "low flow area" off county road 21 and also
from the dam along US highway 75.=20

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Peder H. Svingen

Duluth, MN


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17, 2006 12:14:50 AM CDT

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Report - Big Stone NWR , 7/16/06

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Location:     Big Stone NWR

Observation date:     7/16/06

Notes:      Shorebird survey at Big Stone NWR conducted by Philip C.
Chu and Peder H. Svingen assisted by Jeanie M. Joppru. Temperatures
80=BA at start time of 0550 increasing to 90=BA by early afternoon; dew
point 65=BA with winds south 5-10 mph (occasionally gusting to 15) and
broken overcast most of the morning due to showers and thunderstorms.
Total of 3466 shorebirds (17 species) at refuge, including 239
unidentified peeps and 7 unidentified dowitchers. The two Snowy Plover
chicks found 8 July were not seen on the 16th, but probably were still
present.

Number of species:     17


Snowy Plover     1

Semipalmated Plover     19

Killdeer     554

Greater Yellowlegs     15

Lesser Yellowlegs     288

Solitary Sandpiper     14

Willet     1

Spotted Sandpiper     45

Marbled Godwit     14

Semipalmated Sandpiper     390

Least Sandpiper     1145

Baird's Sandpiper     11

Pectoral Sandpiper     214

Stilt Sandpiper     388

Short-billed Dowitcher     61

Wilson's Snipe     1

Wilson's Phalarope     59


This report was generated automatically by eBird v2
(http://www.ebird.org)

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