[mou] MVNWR - Louisville Swamp Unit - August 2, 2008

[CRAIG MANDEL]

August 8, 2008

Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Louisville Swamp Unit

4:00 - 6:00pm

On a field trip at the Louisville Swamp Unit today, I rechecked the mud 
flats along Sand Creek and found several hundred shorebirds.  Here are some 
of the birds observed there this afternoon.

Sandhill Crane
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Eastern Towhee - Still singing

Craig Mandel
Minnetonka, MN
Hennepin County
EgretCMan at msn.com