Now that's a birding post! Chris Elmgren via iVagrant
On Jul 27, 2010, at 10:10 PM, Karl Bardon <karl_bar...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Significant southbound migration is already occurring on the North Shore of > Lake > Superior in Minnesota- flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds, Cedar Waxwings, Great > Blue Herons, Bank Swallows, Purple Finches, Evening Grosbeaks, etc. have been > moving down the shore for over a week. > > Today, while birding Minnesota Point and Wisconsin Point in Duluth-Superior, > a > surprising number of warblers were seen for this early date, with 214 > individuals of 15 species observed, most of which were presumably migrants, > often occurring in swarms of 5-12 or more birds in just a few trees. Although > a > few warblers move south in late July every year, especially Nashvilles and > Tennessees, this magnitude of migration is many weeks ahead of schedule. The > more common species appeared to be represented by a mix of both juveniles and > heavily molting adults, with many fun plumages observed. > > Golden-winged Warbler: 12 > Tennessee Warbler: 14 > Nashville Warbler: 54 > Northern Parula: 7 > Yellow Warbler: 28 > Chestnut-sided Warbler: 1 > Cape May Warbler: 4 > Yellow-rumped Warbler: 17 > Palm Warbler: 2 > Black-and-white Warbler: 24 > American Redstart: 35 > Ovenbird: 5 > Mourning Warbler: 3 > Common Yellowthroat: 7 > Canada Warbler: 1 > > other birds of note: > Red-breasted Nuthatch: 10 > Rose-breasted Grosbeak: 11 > Baltimore Oriole: 22 > Scarlet Tanager: 4 > Bonaparte's Gull: 3 at Wisconsin Point, presumably early migrants > Northern Harrier: juvenile over Minnesota Point, no doubt a migrant > Yellow-throated Vireo: one on Minnesota Point near the Superior Entry, rare > in > Northeastern MN > > > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
