Birding continues to be good in the area with most of my time spent at Rapids
Lake. From August 30 to September 4 I found a total of 20 warbler species.
Though the best days turned up 13 on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. On Saturday I was
only able to find 7 warbler species combined at both the arboretum and Rapids
Lake(though all 7 were at the arboretum with repeats at Rapids Lake).
Yesterday there was a relatively late Yellow-billed Cuckoo at Rapids Lake that
picked off a grasshopper from near the trail and proceeded to follow me for a
short time along the trail until he darted in front of a Tennessee Warbler
stealing the insect that the warbler had been chasing. The adult male
Prothonotary Warbler was further north than I had ever walked(when beginning at
the visitors center) by about 1/4 mile closer to the city of Carver trail
access. Like other fall Prothonotary Warblers I have seen at Rapids Lake(not
many and over 2 weeks later than my previous latest), he was quite curious and
cooperative. The Connecticut Warbler was between the two outlet channels, but
I have seen them in other spots along the river trail in past falls. Select
daily counts are below.
August 30 Carver Park
Golden-winged Warbler 1 male
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Tennessee Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 5
Common Yellowthroat 5
American Redstart 10
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Canada Warbler 2 (male and female)
Wilson's Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
September 1 landscape arboretum
Ruby-throated Hummingbird ~20
Philadelphia Vireo 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Sedge Wren 1
Swainson's Thrush 3
Ovenbird 2
Northern Waterthrush 3
Golden-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 2
American Redstart 12
Chestnut-sided Warbler 4 (at least 2 adult)
Clay-colored Sparrow 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak ~25
Purple Finch 1
September 1 Rapids Lake MVNWR
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Ovenbird 7
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 8
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
September 2 Rapids Lake MVNWR
Chimney Swift 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Philadelphia Vireo 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Swainson's Thrush 1
Ovenbird 4
Northern Waterthrush 5
Golden-winged Warbler 1 male
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Nashville Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 8
American Redstart 14
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 5
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 6 (at least 1 adult)
Canada Warbler 2 (male and immature)
September 3 Rapids Lake MVNWR (covering about 1.5 miles fewer trails than
normal)
Sora 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 4
Warbling Vireo 2
Philadelphia Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
House Wren 3
Sedge Wren 2
Marsh Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
Northern Waterthrush 2
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Tennessee Warbler 5
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 7
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 1 female
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 2 (male and female)
White-throated Sparrow 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
September 4 Rapids Lake MVNWR
Sora 1
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 6
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 4
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 4
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo 2
Philadelphia Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Swainson's Thrush 1
Ovenbird 2
Northern Waterthrush 3
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Prothonotary Warbler 1 male
Nashville Warbler 1
Connecticut Warbler 1 female
Common Yellowthroat 6
American Redstart 7
Magnolia Warbler 2
Blackburnian Warbler 1 adult
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Canada Warbler 2 (both female)
Wilson's Warbler 1 female
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