This is the Minnesota statewide birding report for Thursday August 6th sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. The location given was about two miles west of Elbow Lake, or midway between Elbow Lake and U.S. highway 53 east of the town of Gheen.
Shorebirds continue to move through the state in good numbers.
The first of two sightings was at the prarie area in the northwestern corner of the park. The second sighting on the same day was in the prairie in the southern part of the park near where the group camp road branches off from the main road. I have two unusual reports, both are second-hand and unsubstantiated. The bird was reportedly seen at the western end of the boardwalk and also the western observation deck to the northwest of the boardwalk. Some of the details suggest the observer may have been looking at another species.