Late last week there was a somewhat ambiguous report of a BLACK-NECKED STILT from Big Stone County. The bird was briefly relocated on April 24th at the Centennial Waterfowl Production Area, which is along County Road 6, roughly 4.3 miles east of the town of Clinton. Unfortunately, the bird has not been seen since.
On April 28th, two CATTLE EGRETS were in a farm field near Long Prairie in Todd County. The location was the dead end road that runs west from County Road 11, roughly one mile north of County Road 10.
AMERICAN AVOCETS, WILLET, LEAST SANDPIPERS, and BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were all seen by Denny and Barb Martin in Big Stone County on April 25th. The Avocet was on County Road 61, about one mile north of County Road 4. They also reported a probable CLARK’S GREBE on Thielke Lake.
A EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was at Chad Aakre’s feeder in Winona County last week, and it is still being seen in the general area. To view this bird, check the area along 10th Street between Harriet and Wilson.
There have also been recent reports of SWAINSON’S HAWK, DUNLIN, CASPIAN TERN, FRANKLINâ?TS GULL, BONAPARTEâ?TS GULL, PURPLE MARTIN, MARSH WREN, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, YELLOW WARBLER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, and LARK SPARROW.