Birding this morning was quite productive at Rapids Lake MVNWR. I covered the
1/2 mile loop trail south of the visitor's center, the Rapids Lake trail from
the visitor's center to just north of the 3rd outlet channel, and a portion of
the Carver Loop trail at the north end of the unit from the end of the Rapids
Lake trail. I turned around as the Carver Loop trail began running along the
west/east flowing creek that borders the north side of the unit. Activity was
greatest from Carver Rapids(Minnesota River) to just south of the first outlet
channel and north of the 2nd outlet channel all the way to the north edge of
the unit. Lincoln's Sparrow were quite numerous today, and there were likely
more than what I counted especially along the Carver Loop trail. Rapids Lake
itself was covered in pelican. The complete list of birds is below(not all
species counted).
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
Wild Turkey
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican 450+ (view of far north end of Rapids Lake was
obstructed so not all pelican were counted)
Great Blue Heron
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Killdeer 4
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Ring-billed Gull 4
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Easatern Wood-Pewee 2
Eastern Phoebe 5
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 3
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 6
Philadelphia Vireo 4 (probably a 5th bird)
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Blue Jay 50 (first migrant flocks(28 and 13) of fall)
American Crow
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren 10
Marsh Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Eastern Bluebird 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing
Ovenbird 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Tennessee Warbler 3 (including a breeding plumage male showing no signs of molt)
Orange-crowned Warbler 4
Nashville Warbler 8
Connecticut Warbler 1 male
Common Yellowthroat 25
American Redstart 2 (including an adult male)
Magnolia Warbler 3 (1 adult and 2 immature)
Yellow Warbler 1 female
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 2 (both female)
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 18 (including a tailless recently fledged bird with some down
remaining, a presumed parent was next to it)
Lincoln's Sparrow 9
White-throated Sparrow 8
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 13
Indigo Bunting 2
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
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