[mou] Plegadis ibis at Swan Lake, Nicollet County

[rdunlap@gac.edu]

Around 12:30 today I refound the ibis reported this morning at Swan  
Lake, Nicollet County. Viewed from the conservation club access, the  
bird was feeding alone on the mudflats a few hundred yards to the  
north. All you can tell from this distance is that it is a Plegadis  
ibis; I wasn't even able to identify it as a nonbreeding adult or  
juvenile.

There are extensive mudflats viewed from the conservation club access,  
but they are a considerable distance from the grassy point from which  
one usually scans the lake. I suppose it would be possible to walk on  
the firmer parts of the mudflats in  an attempt to get closer looks at  
the shorebirds. And there are definitely LOTS of shorebirds out there.

Bob Dunlap, bringing the ruckus back to Nicollet County