Stopped by Murphy-Hanrahan Park in Scott County on Thursday evening. Found at least 12 warblers and might have had a Cerulean Warbler, including FOY Blue-winged and Wilsons. Best birds included several singing Wood Thrushes (no Veeries) and Great Creasted Flycatchers. Very abundant and noisy frogs definitely were a distraction, including Spring Peepers, Copes Gray Treefrog, American Toads, and a few Chorus Frogs. I met a father pushing a stoller and leading his two youngsters on a mushroom hunt. They were finding small morels.
At home I am still being waylaid on my way out by migrant birds, including several Swainsons Thrushes, and at least five species of warblers, including Blackpoll and Magnolia, and a singing Blackburnian. In the evening a Copes Gray Treefrog walks across one of my windows. Along highway 280 I observed a Sharp-shinned Hawk closing in on a larger Rock Pigeon. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN sweston2 at comcast.net