More than a dozen birders observed a Northern Waterthrush near a Green Heron as the heron fed on small frogs in a vernal pond just south of Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden in Wirth Park this morning. To get to the pond, park in the garden's parking lot and head south on the unpaved trail just beside the exit road. Follow the trail until it intersects a paved path, and turn left. After about a 3-4 minute walk, the pond will be on your left. Sorry -- I don't have better directions than that. Here's a rough map: http://www.minneapolisparks.org/documents/parks/TheodoreWirthMap.pdf
In addition to the heron and waterthrush, we also saw a Wood Duck hen poke her head out of a hole in a tree about 25 feet off the ground as the group walked by. Other birds of note: Pileated and Downy woodpeckers, White-Breasted Nuthatches, a probable Pine Warbler, Ruby-Crowned Kinglets, Yellow-Rumped Warblers (many). Good birding... Rob Daves South Minneapolis ________________________________ ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
