Acadian Flycatchers have returned to this Rice County park area. Over a couple of Cerulean Warblers' songs came the distinct "PIT-za" call a few times, before it went silent for awhile. I'm guessing the larger, shadowy bird that entered the scene briefly, was a Cooper's Hawk. When it showed up, the Acadians would only make chip calls. After its departure, I heard the full calls again, and one of the Acadians showed itself in plain sight at the second (dry) stream crossing (the one without a bridge, where the path leads down into the stream-bed).
Some of the other birds present were: Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Great-Crested Flycatcher, Ovenbird, Wood Pewee, American Redstart, Indigo Bunting, Yellow Warbler, Common Yellow-throat, Blue-winged Warbler, and at least one other Empid species in the open brushy areas of the Cannon bottoms. Wood Thrush sang from the hillside beyond the boundary of the trail, and Barred Owls were calling across the river, in the West Wilderness area. We listened, but did not hear any of the Cuckoos present in the past, nor did we see any sign of the Common Nighthawk caught snoozing on a branch here a couple of weeks ago. 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