Last night I saw my first C. Nighthawk flying just above the ground at the Minnesota River Valley Wildlife Refuge visitor's center.
Today I saw my first Wood Duck with a small brood of four to six just on their way to the lake marching through the grass. Today was the first that I heard Great-crested Flycatchers and Red-eyed Vireos on territory in the yard. In the last few days we have had pairs of Catbirds and Gnatcatchers in the yard. Hopefully they will stick around. I am beginning to hear American Toads and Copes Gray Treefrogs calling. When the crescendo of the treefrogs comes, the toads will be completely drowned out. But, now you can count the singing treefrogs and hear the toads in the gaps in the song. 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
