The Bird of the Day today is the semipalmated plover. I saw this one in Grand Marais, Minnesota on May 31, 2020. It migrates through Grand Marais. This bird most likely spends its' winters on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, and migrates every year to at least as far north as the shores of Hudson's Bay.
The last time I saw this species was exactly three years earlier, on May 31, 2017. It was species number 85 on my most recent Big Year, which ran from April 30, 2017 - April 30, 2018. You can see a picture of the bird on my May 31, 2017 blog article. The early articles in the archive of this blog are all about that Big Year.
