[mou] Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Goodhue Co.

[Bill Litkey]

A nice addition to the mixture of shorebirds recently reported by Dedrick Benz and
John Hockema was a lone Buff-breasted Sandpiper.  It was observed late this morning
by Jim Otto and myself at the juncture of C.R. 18 and Sturgeon Lake Road in the
southern end of Prairie Island.  Interesting was its atypical behavior of feeding
with other shorebirds in the grassy mud habitat rather than in the dryer grassy
areas.  It was good to find this area quite productive finally after having checked
it several times earlier this month and finding the Vermillion River level to be a
little higher, but nontheless, producing absolutely nothing !

Bill Litkey (Oakdale)

"The heavens are telling of the glory of God; and their expanse is declaring the work
of His hands."  Psalms 19:1





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