Today, Saturday, 23 participants enjoyed a fine day of birding around Frontenac, mostly at Hok-si-lah park and on Sand Point. I counted a total of 76 species, although other species seen by participants were not listed. We had 16 warbler species. Almost all the warblers we saw were Yellow-rumps. With the exception of the Black and White Warblers and No. Waterthrush, all othe warblers were of one or two birds. Most notible miss: Bluebirds.
The weather was cool, but dry. The morning was quite windy. Bird activity was slow. Most of the time it was quite quiet. My highlights included a Blue-gray Gnatchatcher finishing out a beautiful camophloged nest, the same color as the bark of the tree. We also found a brown Creeper building a nest under some peeling bark right by the trail (a county first record). Bird List: Am Wht. Pelican DC Cormorant Gr. Blue Heron Greeen Heron Canada Goose (on Frontenac Lake) Mallard BW Teal Wood Duck Red Breasted Merganser Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle (on nest) Coopers Hawk Peregrin Flacon Willet Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Bonepartes Gull Fosters Tern Caspian Tern Rock Pigeon Conomon Nigthawk Chimney Swift B. Kingfisher N. Flicker YB Sapsucker Downy WP Hairy WP Red-bellied WP Least Flycatcher Great-creasted FC E. Phoebe Purple Martin Barn, Cliff, Rough-winged, & Tree Swallows Crow Blue Jay Chickadee WB Nuthatch Brown Creeper House Wren Robin Swainson;s thrush Warbling Vireo Blue-winged W (Golden-wing W) seen by others in group Tennessee W Nashville W Yellow W, Chestnut-sided W Yellow-rumped W Blackburnian W (male seen only by me) Prothonotory W (seen only by me) Palm W Blackpoll W Black & White W Redstart (heard) Ovenbird N. Waterthrush C. Yellowthroat (Scarlet Tanager) seen by others not me. Chipping Sp Field Sp Song Sp White Throated Sp RB Grosbeak Cardinal Red-winged BB Grackle, Cowbird, B. Oriole Am Goldfinch Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN swest...@comcast.net ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
