Must have had a good night for migration, got up this morning to a ton of
Robins in the yard all fighting over the water dishes I have in the front
yard.. I also had an adult Baltimore Oriole in my front Birch tree. I
still have plenty of Hummers and I noticed more Chipping Sparrows in the
yard
Following Doug's Saturday a.m. report, I visited the site on Monday at
8:15 am and found fifteen Buff-breasted Sandpipers, seven American
Golden Plovers, hundreds of Killdeers, a dozen or so Baird's Sandpipers,
and many Horned Larks.
The Buff-breasteds and Golden Plovers were in the back sod
We have gone to Old Cedar the last two evenings and both evenings there have
been two Red-Necked Grebes visible from the end of the boardwalk.
Both evenings the 2 Red-Necked Grebes have been swimming in the pond west of
the viewing platform a little way away from the boardwalk. A spotting scope
Warbler ID update:
There have been over 400 photo views as of today. Current results:
Pine Warbler:4
Blackpoll: 4
Baybreasted: 8
Other: 1
Perhaps the best solution is to call this bird the Pine Baypoll! There
are convincing opinions for each
Good afternoon,
This morning at appx. 10:45 there was a flock of appx. 30 hawks riding
the thermals along the bluffs above Crosby Park. At about 400', they were
magnificant!
Lee in St. Paul
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Nice groups of warblers this weekend Sun. and Today @ Robert's Bird Sanctuary
at the north end of Lake Harriet in Minneapolis---including a couple dizzying,
head-spinning waves, w/ at least 10 species heavily dominated by Tenn. and
Nash., but including Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Canada, N.
Late this morning, Sept 7, my Minn Birding Weekends (MBW) group
observed a Snowy Egret at Agassiz NWR, Marshall Co. It was seen on
Parker Pool from the observation platform along Co Rd 7 west of refuge
headquarters. I then alerted Jeanie Joppru who reported the egret was
still present this
Birded all of the Blue Hill trail and the wildlife drive today. Thanks to a
very kind birders excellent instructions I got to see the family of Common
Moorhens in Big Bluestem pool. While observing those I was also treated to two
Soras flying between the reeds halfway between the moorhens and
I finally got over to see the Little Blue this morning at Turtle Lake. He
was perched along-side a Great White and a Great Blue on a boat moored at a
permanent dock to the south of the boat ramp. Saw the dark wing tips when
he was preening. An osprey was circling over the lake and only a
I located two Buff-breasted Sandpipers in NE Polk County early this evening
(around 6pm). They were located just ½ mile from Red Lake and Pennington
counties along a road that runs diagonal from the intersection of the three
counties from northwest toward the southeast. The corner of the three
Despite weather conditions normally considered the antithesis of
passerine fallouts at Park Point -- two consecutive days of clear
skies, warm temperatures, and calm to light southerly winds -- this
morning (7 September) from 0730 to 1230, Cameron Rutt and I witnessed
the best migration of
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