So today started out with a Spring Bird Count for the Landing Minnesota River Heritage Park (not just for history buffs anymore). It was their Civil War day as well so we were birding amongst Union soldiers. Let me tell you this park is a great spot. We ended the count around 1:30 with 54 species! Some highlights include;
Brown Thrasher American Redstart Blue-gray Gnatcatchers - these guys were everywhere in the Oak Savanna restoration area Great-crested Flycatcher Yellow Warbler Prothonotary Warbler!! Since we felt we were on a roll the wife and I decided to keep on keeping on and headed to the Bass Ponds/Old Cedar Bridge. We didn't get the number of warblers that have been reported previously, but still had a good haul including; Common Yellowthroat Forster's Tern Yellow Warbler Spotted Sandpiper Northern Waterthrush Nashville Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Ruddy Duck Yellow-headed Blackbird Greater Yellowlegs Black and White Warbler Long-billed Dowitcher Lesser Yellowlegs Stopped briefly at T.S. Roberts as well. Magnolia Warbler We ended the day with a total of 85 species! This was a great day! -- *Thanks, Nicholas R Tangen (651) 808-7067 nicholastan...@gmail.com "In wildness is the preservation of the world." - Henry David Thoreau* ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
