New migrants: * 4/17 Bonaparte's Gull & Greater Yellowlegs (Sherburne county, Princeton sewage ponds on CR 2 - this is late for my first yellowlegs - shorebirds are still light)
* 4/16 Red-necked Grebe (still present today) & Ruddy Duck (CR 2, R. Duck also late) * 4/14 Winter Wren, Hermit Thrush, Vesper Sparrow, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and, interestingly, Carolina Wren (primarily Kunkel WMA in Mille Lacs County). Observation: many areas in Sherburne & Mille Lacs still rather quiet - new migrants are "onesies and twosies" - have actually covered 11 separate areas since Saturday AM. Question: Three of the Bonaparte's/smaller gulls were high in the air, circling the sewage ponds. At least one of these had very dark underwings. Do some Boni's in the spring have this characteristic? Only had Sibley with me, which doesn't indicate same. Thanks! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties PS Last week's RBA indicated that the Black Vulture was seen somewhere in Sherburne - actually seen in Mille Lacs County along CR 12 - has not been seen since. Documentation is on the MOU site.
