I probably could have pushed the total to 100 species(especially if I had gone to Carver Park), but I needed a break after 7 hours...maybe later The many highlights included:
2 Broad-winged Hawks (1 at the refuge and 1 near Assumption Lake) Merlin (at Rapids Lake MVNWR flew over to Louisville Swamp) Ruddy Duck and Lesser Scaup 5 Red-necked Grebe Black and Forster's Tern Least Flycatcher and Eastern Kingbird Yellow-throated and Blue-headed Vireo 6 swallow species +Chimney Swift (4 Purple Martin were mixed with ~100 of the 5 other swallow species at Chevalle wetlands. They breed nearby. Swallows were pretty much anywhere there was water) Marsh Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Veery and Swainson's Thrush 11 warbler species: Blue-winged, Tennessee, Nashville, Northern Parula, Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Palm, Prothonotary(1 at Chaska Lake MVNWR), Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, and Common Yellowthroat 10 sparrow species including Lark and Lincoln's Scarlet Tanager (male at Rapids Lake MVNWR) Eastern and Western Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbirds 5 Baltimore Oriole Notable misses included: Pileated Woodpecker, Sedge Wren(gone from the spot he was at last weekend, if not at Carver Park today will be soon), White-crowned Sparrow(There has been 1 at the refuge the last week but I never see it when I'm there.), Great Egret(just need to go to Carver Park or Lake Waconia to find this), and American White Pelican. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html