Today my family and I decided to go birding at Sherburne N.W.R., Princeton Sewage Ponds, and Montissippi Park (the last site is in northern Wright County: the others are in Sherburne). We saw a total fo 94 species, including 20 warblers. Some of the better species were -
PRINCETON SEWAGE PONDS MERLIN - 1 individual flew in over the ponds trying to snatch a shorebird meal LINCOLN'S SPARROW SHERBURNE N.W.R. - GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER CAPE MAY WARBLER BAY-BREASTED WARBLER - several MAGNOLIA WARBLER CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER TENNESSEE WARBLER NASHVILLE WARBLER CANADA WARBLER BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER BLACKPOLL WARBLER BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER BLUE-HEADED VIREO RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET WHITE-THROATED SPARROW MONTISSIPPI C.P. - BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH NASHVILLE WARBLER At Sherburne N.W.R., a large warbler fallout occured along the Woodland Trail, a small .5 mile walking loop along the Auto Tour. Good birding Everybody! Keith Pulles, Wright County
