[mou] 25 August: Red Knot, Lac qui Parle Co., and Plegadis ibises, Big Stone Co.

[Chu, Philip]

I'm sorry for the tardiness of this message, but - with that old saying, "Better late than never," in mind - I thought a couple of birds seen yesterday (Saturday, 25 August) might be worth mentioning.

First, at Salt Lake in Lac qui Parle Co. there was a juvenile Red Knot; the knot was seen on both the north and south shores of the lake.

And second, a few miles west of Graceville in Big Stone Co., in the wetland in the northwest quadrant of the intersection of MN 28 and CR 61, there were six first-fall Plegadis ibises.  The ibises were at the west end of the wetland, along with 165 shorebirds of 10 species.

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