Very visible at edge of marsh at downtown parking lot by bridge to Manitou Island.
Mary Westra 2355 5th Street White Bear Lake MN 55110 H - 651-426-3325 C - 612-868-1509 > On May 3, 2018, at 5:46 AM, linda whyte > <0000004e7b0e779a-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu> wrote: > > Though others saw this bird yesterday morning at the site described and > mapped earlier, it was also seen after the noon hour farther downstream, > where the creek makes a sharp bend toward the two small lakes. > > Laura Coble and I started our walk from the north, on 19, taking the dirt > path on the hillside, that parallels the lakes and stream. Just before that > path intersects pavement and a bridge over a dry ravine, there was a > proliferation of bird activity. In a budding tamarack (?) mixed Warbler > species seemed to be "bugging", as though there was some significant > insect-hatch. > > Among those birds was a standout, with clean, brilliant yellow > under-plumage, and plain olive green/brown uppers. The crown seemed > slightly darker. The auriculars and eye area had dark marking, but we were > unable to get a good look at the yellow "spectacle" arc above the eye. > After minutes of rapid feeding, it zipped down over our heads toward the > stream bank below, and we lost track of it. Unfortunately, it made no > confirming song or call. > > We didn't find the reported Prothonotary, but there was an abundance of > other migrators: Brown Creeper, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Black-and-white > Warblers, Nashvilles, Orange-crowneds, Black-throated Green, Blue-gray > Gnatcatcher, and Yellow-rumps. Those that will move on will have easy > access along the stream, to the Cannon River, which should certainly be > worth checking. > > Our thanks to Dave Bartkey for helping us search the original Kentucky site > to look for the Prothonotary--too, we might not have seen the roosting > Barred Owl, if we hadn't stopped to chat ! > Linda Whyte > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
