[mou] Southern Minnesota - 5/26/2008 - Bell's Vireo, Dakota County

[CRAIG MANDEL]

May 26, 2008

Spent the afternoon birding in Southern Minnesota today.

Noon to 1:15pm - Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge - Black Dog 
unit - Cliff Fen Park trailhead.  There were several Bell's Vireo's singing 
at several locations along the main trail, that crosses under the power 
lines.  There were also a number of Willow Flycatchers in the area as well.

2:00 - 3:00pm - Steele County - CR 45, approx. 1.5 miles North of Highway 
30.  Unsuccessful search for the White-faced Ibis.

Shorebird location, just SE of Ibis location. There about 100 shorebirds 
present around 3:00pm with Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Lesser Yellowlegs, 
Spotted, Semipalmated, White-rumped, Baird's and Pectoral Sandpipers, Dunlin 
and about a dozen Wilson's Phalaropes.

Blue Earth County - 4:00pm - Indian Lake - 500+ Black Terns, Western Grebe, 
Ruddy Duck and American White Pelican.

Louisville Swamp - 6:00 - 7:00 pm - Missed on the Kentucky Warbler. 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Blue-winged Warbler, Lincoln's Sparrow.


Craig Mandel
EgretCMan at msn.com

Minnetonka, MN
Hennepin County