Hi All- I (re?)found a Wilson's Phalarope at the outflow from the large pond into Long Meadow Lake at the Bass Ponds unit of the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge. It was feeding with a single Lesser Yellowlegs and 10 Greaters. Unfortunately a large Peregrine Falcon scattered the birds and it did not return. By the time I left around 11, there were no shorebirds at this location. Before that happened, I and another birder saw 7 Black-bellied Plovers fly by. I also had what I thought were a few Dunlin flying with a Green-winged Teal flock when these birds were scattered by an Eagle. Dabbling ducks were dominated by upwards of 300 Green-winged Teal and Northern Shoveler. A few Gadwall and a pair of Northern Pintail were present. Also of note were two separate Purple Finches flying over. As predicted, this is shaping up to be a good flight year for them. Good birding, Jesse Ellis Saint Paul -- Jesse Ellis Post-doctoral Researcher Dept. of Integrative and Comparative Biology, UCLA ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html