11:20 AM in the small willows at the east side floating dock where the duck blind used to be. He sat long enough for a couple other birders to get a look, then flew west and landed in the willows at the flooded boardwalk just south of the nature center. I couldn't relocate him there when I walked over.
Lots of other birds and birders there today. In the hour I was there walking the east side perimeter trail I had Veery, Swainson's Thrush, several Lincoln's Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, many Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Least Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Gray Catbird, many Baltimore Orioles, Blue-headed and Warbling vireos, 4 different singing Ovenbird, and several other warblers. Wilson's, Orange-crowned, Tennessee, Nashville, Yellow-rumped, Palm, Black-and-white, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Black-throated Green, Redstart, Northern Waterthrush, and Common Yellowthroat. Heard-only were the two "winged" warblers: Golden-winged's "bee-bzz-bzz-bzz" at the hilltop bench in the children's forest, and Blue-winged's "bee-bzzzz" near the Bryant entrance. I tried to find them but they sang only sporadically and stayed out of sight. Hope someone with more time can see them. Chris ===== Chris Mansfield Richfield, Hennepin Co. MN [email protected] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com
