In what was supposed to be a quick scouting trip to check the flooding status at Crosby Farm (in advance of a birding class I'm leading on Tuesday), I ended up spending an action packed hour watching new migrants.
I arrived just after this morning's thunderstorms ended and was quickly treated to a large mixed warbler flock on the south side of the pond that is near the west parking lot. Numbers and diversity were both pretty impressive and I easily picked up a quick 17 warbler species (list below), plus 3 Scarlet Tanagers, lots of Least Flycatchers, Gray-cheeked Thrush, etc. The loop around this pond was almost completely passable (though there were many muddy spots and a couple spots of about an inch of water. The boardwalk at the east end was impassable, therefore it is not possible to make the complete loop. I also drove down to the east entrance of the park by 35-E and noted that the small parking lot there was roped off, apparently because of flooding below. The nearest parking for this area would be on-street at Homer St. about 1/2 mile west. Warbler List: Common Yellowthroat Yellow Yellow-rumped Palm Nashville Tennessee Golden-winged Northern Parula Black-and-white Redstart Blackburnian Black-throated Green Blackpoll Chestnut-sided Cape May Northern Waterthrush Wilson's ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
