This morning, again at the crack of dawn, I headed out to Chaska lake initially not realizing most of the area was flooded. Until I hit the flooded portion of the trai, there were more warblers there than I have ever seen there during the spring. Besides warblers there were Swainson's Thrush, Least Flycatcher, and another Flycatcher which I still can't identify without the song. Warbler numbers as accurate as I could count. Tennessee-20-30 Yellow-rumped-10-20 American Redstart-4 Yellow-3 Common Yellowthroat-2 Nashville-2 Mourning-1 Magnolia-1 Black and White-1 Orange-crowned-1 Wilson's-1 Chestnut-sided-1 Black-throated Green-1 Pine-1 Next stop was the Rapid Lake Unit of the MVNWR. The Yellow-billed Cuckoo and the Scarlet Tanager were at the edge of the Oak Savannah across the prairie from the parking area at the upper portion of the bluff(closest to Rapid Lake). I heard Yellow-billed Cuckoos in that area last year but never saw any. Warbler numbers were spectacular, most being Yellow-rumped. I also covered only a small area, so there were likely many more than what I saw. Yellow-rumped-50-100, probably a conservative estimate) Tennessee-10-15 Blue-winged-5 Chestnut-sided-4 Black-throated Green-3 Black and White-2 Nashville-2 Yellow-2 Wilson's-2 Blackburnian-1 Orange-crowned-1 Palm-1 American Redstart-1 Also there were Least Flycatchers, Indigo Buntings, Swainson's Thrush, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Savannah, Grasshopper, Field, Clay-colored, White-throated, Chipping, and Song Sparrow. My last stop was at the Richard T. Anderson Park in Eden Prairie. There was a smaller group of warblers along the creek including the Northern Parula, Golden-winged, Tennessee, Nashville, Yellow-rumped, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Black-throated Green, and American Redstart. There may also have been a Cape May, but after some thought I am doubting my initial id. Also, there were Swainson's Thrush, Least Flycatcher, and Great Crested Flycatcher. John _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch when you're away with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_052008 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080513/5d970424/attachment.html
