After yesterdays slow day(squeezed in both Carver Park (5 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
and Winter Wren) and Rapids Lake MVNWR (1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brown Thrasher,
and 7 Yellow-rumped Warbler) in the morning, the rain this morning almost kept
me in for the day. Luckily I decided to push through the poor weather, as
there was a nice little fallout at Rapids Lake MVNWR. Last nights strong
southerly winds must have helped push some of these up here.
Todays select count in and out of showers and drizzle
Solitary Sandpiper 2 along the river
Least Flycatcher 1
Brown Creeper 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 12
Swainson's Thrush 1
Brown Thrasher 1 (different location)
Blue-winged Warbler 1 male feeding in the trees and grass around the farmhouse
behind the visitors center(This is within 1/4 to 1/2 mile of a few territories)
Orange-crowned Warbler 4 (1 male western V. c. lutescens(showing his crown
which is rare for me), 3 Celata, possibly a 5th in poor lighting)
Nashville Warbler 1 (possibly a 2nd but I'm pretty sure it was just the same
bird seen twice, 2nd was about 150 yards northwest of the 1st)
Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler ~20
Palm Warbler 2
Black and White Warbler 3
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow ~40 (also singing in Chaska)
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 male
I thought I also heard a distant Bobolink but it was a bit too far and brief
for me to count it.
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