Sunday afternoon there was a strong-singing ACADIAN FLYCATCHER at Beaver Creek Valley SP in Houston County.
I heard it at the start of the Steep Rock Trail, which begins on the right side of the road that leads back to the group camp. It was singing PEET-sa about every 15-20 seconds. I saw one Louisiana waterthrush along the creek there. Could not relocate cerulean warbler found earlier by Bluff Country Festival birders on park entrance road. Other birds Sunday afternoon in Houston Co. included: Eurasian collared dove on its nest in Caledonia, in the electrical transformer steel girder at E. Lincoln and N. Pine streets. Willow flycatcher singing in shrubby marsh along state Highway 16 between Houston and Hokah. Warblers were insubstantial. I only had eight species Sunday, and six of them breed here. Bring on a rainstorm! Regards, Jeff Dankert 908 Parks Ave Apt 158 Winona MN 55987-5330 (507) 454-0033 [email protected]
