Planned to remove our nestcam Tuesday, but discovered new nesting
material in the bluebird box. Today checked on camera and found a
completed nest and one egg.
She has fledged 11 in two nestings already, we have never recorded
three. Fingers crossed.
Also for the first time two pair of Orchar
Run on 8 June. This "corn-desert" route runs north through the farmlands of
Chippewa and Swift Counties. A windy day limited birds to 514 birds of 47
species, a bit below average. Chipping Sparrows were in low numbers (maybe
hurt by the cold of late Apr-early May?) and Sedge Wrens absent as no
Run 9 June. This route runs westward through Swift County SW of Benson, then
north to the Pomme de Terre River bridge N of US 12. This is a very enjoyable
route made better this year by all the flooded fields. This year it's easy to
tell where many of the drained wetlands once were. Six speci
16 locations were noted for 20+ warbler days:
Hillside Trail, MN Valley NWR
Murphy-Hanrehan
Hok-Si-La Park
Richardson Nature Center
French Park
Rice Lake State Park, Steele County
Gunflint Trail (end of May)
Sucker Lake, Vadnais Heights
Tamarac NWR
Red Lake WMA
Itasca State Park
Sherbur
And then there was Glenwood. I look forward to this count more than any other
due to the high species diversity or maybe the spectacular view from my motel
on Highway 28 of Lake Minnewaska spreading out far below you on the Pope County
landscape, one of the finest viewpoints on the entire Great
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