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<div>We just returned. There is a very small area of open water on the SD side, and a thin strip of water (1 ft) near shore along part of the N side.It was VERY quiet: no shorebirds, no waterfowl, two meadowlarks and a kestrel. I guess a lot could happen in a week, so don't cancel your Salt Lake Birding Festival plans yet.</div><div>More generally, shorebirds were v scarce. We saw killdeer and yellowlegs, and that's it! Songbirds are just starting to show up: yellow-rumps in small numbers, an eastern Phoebe, hermit thrushes, bluebirds, 6 spp of sparrows.</div><div>Waterfowl are abundant, with ducks in far greater numbers than on past Salt Lake weekends I've joined. Notable waterbirds included a Western grebe above the dam at lac Qui Parle State park, and a pair of red-necked grebes at the base of Big Stone Lake. Those two spots (and the sloughs at Montevideo) have great views of all manner of ducks, mergansers and grebes.</div><div>Our total for a day and a few hours was 84 species.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Sunday, April 22, 2018, 10:37:14 AM CDT, Tom Scanlan via Mnbird <mnbird@lists.mnbird.net> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Has anyone been out to Salt Lake in the last few days? The late spring <br></div><div dir="ltr">has me wondering about the shorebirds and waterfowl arrivals there.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Tom<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">Mnbird mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:Mnbird@lists.mnbird.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mnbird@lists.mnbird.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird_lists.mnbird.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird_lists.mnbird.net</a><br></div></div>
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