Saturday: Lead the annual Hok-si-lah warbler adventure in this Lake City park along the Mississippi River in Goodhue Co. We had 30 participants.
Most notable bird was the third earliest record of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo in Minnesota that was most cooperative and uncharacteristically visible bird seen by many. We had a remarkable 23 species of warblers with several species missed by many of the participants. Most common after Yellow-rumps were Nashville and Black & white. Most uncharacterstically uncommon were Tennessee; most interesting was a Louisianna Waterthrush found late after most of the participants left. It was found at the entrance to the Sand Point Trail in dry habitat. Birding at Hok-si-lah was in a word excellant. Sand Point trail was impassible due to high water. I heard reports of Indigo Bunting, Cerulean Warbler, and Orchard Oriole, but these were not seen by our group. We also had Broad-winged Hawk, three vireo including Philadelphia, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, tons of Orioles, flocks of migrating Blue Jays, Great-creasted Flycatcher, Ruby-throated Hummers, Least Flycatcher, Brown Creepers (several at Sand Point), Swainson's Thrush, Purple Martins. Steve Weston on Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN swest...@comcast.net ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
