This morning Susan Schumacher and I went out to Murphy Hanrehan Park in Scott Co birding. We were walking on the trail close to Hanrehan Lake, and enjoyed the beautiful Yodel and Wails of a pair of Common Loons. We had 4 Red-shouldered Hawks circling overhead in courtship behavior, and were very happy to hear all their vocalizations. Also a pair of Broad-winged Hawks whistled threw several times, as well as seeing perched Cooper's Hawks preening.
The big push of Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, and Yellow-rumped Warblers kept us very busy focusing everywhere. There were Orange-crowned Warblers, Palm, and then the black spotted undertail coverts of the Black-and-white Warbler bending over creeping around a tree. Several more came by in a wave, and just kept a movin' through with the rest of the group. We had a singing Male Eastern Towhee out in the open, a Hermit Thrush, Swamp and Field Sparrows, Eastern Meadowlarks, and Bluebirds. Conny Brunell Richfield, Hennepin Cty [email protected]
