On Tuesday, April 29, my wife was recording bird sounds on the Cornell app and picked up a sanderling. We live in the Kenyon, MN area. On Monday, April 28, a huge weather front with strong winds went through at 6pm. On Wednesday, Apr30, I was next to a pond a mile from home and saw what I first thought was a tree swallow flying over the water but it was skimming , which seemed odd. Then it landed next to the water and I had a brief look at it. Definitely a shore bird type that matches a photo of a sanderling of a photo of one in Encyclopedia of Birds. Possibly a fall out from the storm on its way to the Arctic?
