[mou] Lake Geneva shorebirds, Freeborn County

[rdunlap at gac.edu]

Yesterday (7/28) afternoon Jake Musser and I birded Lake Geneva in  
Freeborn County and found between 500 and 600 shorebirds. The lake has  
been drawn down since late spring, and right now the water level is  
quite low with extensive mudflats present around the entire perimeter.  
We found 11 species:

Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper

It appears that this will be an excellent shorebird location  
throughout the fall.

Bob Dunlap, Carver County