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Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter Nicollet County Birding Day Field trip report September 20, 2004 8 - participants 75 - species Enjoyed leading a trip in Nicollet County. Had a great group and especially enjoyed all the insight on the area that Karen and Merrill Frydendall gave to the group. Will help make my next trip down this way even better. Despite being a warm and very windy day. Our group was able to tally 75 species of birds. Many of those where observed however were only one or two participants. I myself only recorded 69 species, but did see the most unusual species of the day. A male Hooded Warbler. This bird was seen well by me only for about 30 seconds on trail number 1, about 100 yards West of the West end parking lot. The bird was observed feeding on insects in some very low vegetation and while I believe several participants had glimpses of the bird, no one else had a look that allowed them to identify the bird. With the high winds today, that was the case with many of the birds we encountered. Many of the Warblers that we encountered, which were almost entirely at Seven Mile Creek County park. Where moving very fast and very high in the trees. Here were some of the birds that our group enjoyed: Virginia Rail - Heard on South side of Middle Lake Chimney Swift Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Fort Ridgely State park Pileated Woodpecker - Fort Ridgely State Park Blue-headed Vireo - Seven Mile Creek County Park - trail across from West end parking lot Rudy-crowned Kinglet - Fort Ridgely State Park Tennessee, Nashville, Magnolia, Black-throated Green, Black-and-white, Mourning Warbler and American Redstart - All these birds were observed at Seven Mile Creek County Park along the trails that lead from the far west end of the park. @ Hooded Warbler - Male Hooded Warbler observed along trail one about 100 yards West of the West end parking area. As noted above only briefly observed and could not relocate the bird. Scarlet Tanager White-throated Sparrow - One bird observed at Seven Mile Creek County Park Yellow-headed Blackbird - We were starting to see some nice sized flocks of Blackbirds congregating in several areas of the county. Craig Mandel - egretc...@aol.com - Minnetonka, MN -------------------------------1095774488 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD> <META charset=3DUS-ASCII http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; cha= rset=3DUS-ASCII"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV>Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter</DIV> <DIV>Nicollet County Birding Day</DIV> <DIV>Field trip report</DIV> <DIV>September 20, 2004</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>8 - participants</DIV> <DIV>75 - species</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Enjoyed leading a trip in Nicollet County. Had a great group and=20= especially enjoyed all the insight on the area that Karen and Merrill Fryden= dall gave to the group. Will help make my next trip down this way even= better. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Despite being a warm and very windy day. Our group = ;was able to tally 75 species of birds. Many of those where obser= ved however were only one or two participants. I myself only= recorded 69 species, but did see the most unusual species of the day. = A male Hooded Warbler. This bird was seen well by me only for&nb= sp;about 30 seconds on trail number 1, about 100 yards West of the West end=20= parking lot. The bird was observed feeding on insects in some very low= vegetation and while I believe several participants had glimpses of the bir= d, no one else had a look that allowed them to identify the bird. = With the high winds today, that was the case with many of the bir= ds we encountered. Many of the Warblers that we encountered, which wer= e almost entirely at Seven Mile Creek County park. Where moving very f= ast and very high in the trees. Here were some of the birds that our g= roup enjoyed:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Virginia Rail - Heard on South side of Middle Lake</DIV> <DIV>Chimney Swift </DIV> <DIV>Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Fort Ridgely State park</DIV> <DIV>Pileated Woodpecker - Fort Ridgely State Park</DIV> <DIV>Blue-headed Vireo - Seven Mile Creek County Park - trail across fr= om West end parking lot</DIV> <DIV>Rudy-crowned Kinglet - Fort Ridgely State Park</DIV> <DIV>Tennessee, Nashville, Magnolia, Black-throated Green, Black-and-white,=20= Mourning Warbler and American Redstart - All these birds were observed at Se= ven Mile Creek County Park along the trails that lead from the far west end=20= of the park.</DIV> <DIV><STRONG>@ Hooded Warbler </STRONG>- Male Hooded Warbler observed along=20= trail one about 100 yards West of the West end parking area. As noted=20= above only briefly observed and could not relocate the bird.</DIV> <DIV>Scarlet Tanager</DIV> <DIV>White-throated Sparrow - One bird observed at Seven Mile Creek County P= ark</DIV> <DIV>Yellow-headed Blackbird - We were starting to see some nice sized flock= s of Blackbirds congregating in several areas of the county.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial size=3D2 PTSIZE=3D"10" FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"= >Craig Mandel - egretc...@aol.com - Minnetonka, MN </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTM= L> -------------------------------1095774488--
