Here is our "Tower Day" report that we did on the 31st of May, due to prediction of rain on the 1st of June. We had a great day observing the birds and the weather co-operated all day until about 6pm with a few sprinkles. We had 69 species with the birds being very active. The list is as follows: Paul & Koni Fank
1) 2) 3) 4) Mourning Dove 5) Red-winged Blackbird 6) Eastern Wood-Pewee (2) 7) Wild Turkey (2 Toms) 8) Ring-necked Pheasant 9) White-breasted Nuthatch 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) 16) 17) 18) 19) 20) 21) 22) 23) 24) 25) 26) 27) 28) 29) 31) 32) 33) 34) 35) 36) 37) 38) 39) 40) 42) 43) Chimney Swift (2) 44) 45) 46) 47) 48) Sandhill Crane 49) 50) 51) 52) Warbling Vireo (2) 53) 55) Pileated Woodpecker (1-by nesting cavity) 56) Yellow-throated Vireo (2) 57) 58) 59) 60) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1) 61) 62) 63) 64) Common Tern (1) 65) 66) 67) Orchard Oriole 68) 69) Blue-winged Teal (2)Northern Harrier (1 m) Ring-billed Gull (2)Least Flycatcher (1)Bald Eagle (2)Indigo Bunting (2-m&f)House Sparrow (1)Turkey Vulture (3) Eastern Bluebird (2-m&f)Red-tailed Hawk (4) 54) Red-eyed Vireo (1) Great Crested Flycatcher Yellow Warbler American Redstart Brown-headed Cowbird Hairy Woodpecker Killdeer (1)Northern Flicker (2)Song Sparrow Rock Dove 41) Trumpeter Swan (2)Eastern Phoebe Gray Catbird Cooper’s Hawk (2)Cedar Waxwing (18)Chipping Sparrow Purple Finch American Crow Great Blue Heron American White Pelican House Finch American Goldfinch 30) Northern Cardinal Common Grackle American Robin Ruby-throated Hummingbird (2-m, 1-f)Red-bellied Woodpecker European Starling (2)Common Nighthawk (1)Rose-breasted Grosbeak Black-capped Chickadee Brown Thrasher (2)Wood Duck (2)Double-crested Cormorant Mallard Baltimore Oriole Great Egret (2)Downy Woodpecker Barn Swallow Purple Martin Tree Swallow House Wren Canada Goose (36) Common Yellowthroat Blue Jay ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
