From: "CRAIG MANDEL" <egretc...@msn.com>
> September 11, 2006 > > Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter > Wright/Meeker Counties Birding Day > Field trip report > > 8 - participants > 90 - species of birds observed > > Enjoyed an interesting trip to Wright and Meeker counties today. We > observed very few Warblers in the mourning, but then hit on some nice > waves > in the afternoon. The row of Spruce & Pine trees near the office at > Collinwood Lake County park in Wright county had a nice group of birds, > including Red-breasted Nuthatches, Dark-eyed Juncos and eleven species of > Warblers. There is also a small lake with some mud flats along Highway > 12, > just West of the town of Cokato. We had a small mix of shorebirds, ducks > and Gulls there. Looked like this area should remain good for some time. > We also spent some time searching through 100s of Franklins Gulls at the > Dassel sewer ponds and while we did not turn up any unusual Gulls. We did > see most of the Swallows and several Red-necked Phalaropes there. Here > were > a few of the species observed during the trip. > > Osprey - Wright county, Crawford Lake > Red-necked Phalarope - Meeker county, Dassel Sewer ponds, the ponds are > located on the East side of Highway 15, a block > north of Highway 12. > Bonaparte's Gull - Meeker county, Highway 15, at the Pigeon Lake over > look, > about 4 miles South of the town of Dassel. > Common Nighthawk - Hennepin county, a number of birds were observed in > flight at several locations while we were > traveling to Meeker county at sunrise. > Northern Flicker - observed in large numbers throughout both counties. > Eastern Kingbird - Wright county, Observed near the entrance to Collinwood > Lake county park. > Blue-headed Vireo - Wright and Meeker counties. > Purple Martin - Meeker county, an immature bird was observed at the Dassel > Sewer ponds. > Red-breasted Nuthatch - Wright County, Collinwood Lake county park. > Warblers - Thirteen species including a single Cape May Warbler at the > Crawford Lake county park/public boat access. > > Craig Mandel > Hennepin County > egretc...@msn.com