So far this weekend, October 8-9, the Minn Birding Weekends group saw a few birds of note in Lyon and Lincoln Co's: - A Cattle Egret was at Sham Lake in Cottonwood, Lyon Co. in the late afternoon of Oct 8; unfortunately, it was not relocated later that day or the next morning. - A male Spotted Towhee was in a residential yard this morning, October 9, ~1/2 mi SW of Lind, Lyon Co along CR 25; the MBW group will be returning to this site tomorrow, and I'll be able to post more exact directions if the bird is still present. - At least 1 Nelson's Sparrow, possibly 2-3 individuals, was along the W side of the road 1/4 mi N of the Lake Benton sewage ponds in Lincoln Co today; also present here were at least 5-6 Le Conte's Sparrows. Also noteworthy in Lincoln Co today were an early Rough-legged Hawk and a very late Common Nighthawk. Kim R Eckert [log in to unmask] MBWbirds.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html