August 21, 2020 I was able to spend the afternoon birding in Watonwan county and found lots of migrants. The locations I spent time at included the 320th St marsh, Eagles Nest county park, Fedje Lake and the Bergdahl WMA. There is also a small flooded area of a field along CR 15, just North of the town of Madelia that had a few Shorebirds. Complete checklists are available on the EBird web site for each location.
Here are a few of the highlights: Blue-winged Teal - Adult bird with 4 young. CR 15 pond - Baird's, Least and Semipalmated Sandpiper Alder Flycatcher - Bergdahl WMA, this bird was observed and heard. All 5 species of Swallow and some Purple Martins - Swallows were observed migrating throughout the area I covered. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 13 species of Warbler - Including Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Black-and-white, Tennessee, Nashville, Magnolia, Blackburnian, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll and Canada Warblers. Craig Mandel egretc...@msn.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
