My friend and I were at lake Byllesby on Sarurday afternoon. A couple of Minnesota birders were there with their scope. They invited us > On Apr 7, 2014, at 10:35 AM, Eric Daigre <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Since no one has posted about this, I'll follow up Alyssa's post with what > I know. > > Apparently, an adult male Eurasian Wigeon was first spotted by Ben Douglas > and photographed by Gerald Hoekstra late in the day on Saturday April 5th > at Lake Byllesby (Dakota County). This information was not posted to the > listserv per se; however, a photo appeared on the "Recently Seen" page. > > Scores of birders looked for it yesterday (Sunday the 6th). It is my > understanding that the Eurasian Wigeon was seen fairly early on Sunday > morning, but that no one saw it from about 8:00 am to mid-afternoon. I > left mid-afternoon, and I don't know whether or not it was seen again later > in the day. Does anyone else know? There seemed to be a lot of informal > communication among everyone as they staked out various parts of the lake > and put in their time scanning and searching, though no official details > were posted to the listserv. > > To be sure, there were a handful of Wigeons seen at various points, but too > often the lighting and distance made it difficult to tell whether a > Eurasian Wigeon was among them. > > If anyone has additional information, updates -- or corrections to what > I've said here (as I could be wrong) -- could you post to the listserv? > I'm sure a lot of birders would be interested. > > Eric Daigre > Minneapolis > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html