Part of the joy of migration is that you can see the unexpected at any time, on any day, and that happened for Leslie and I at Wood Lake this morning. We saw 3 Scarlet Tanagers, 2 males, and 1 female together in the west side woods this morning.
Both yesterday and this morning we saw these Warblers: Golden-winged, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Wilson's, Chestnut-sided, Nashville, Black-and-white, American Redstart, Tennessee, Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Palm, Orange-crowned, Common Yellowthroat, Ovenbird, and Northern Waterthrush. Added to that this morning were Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, and Black-throated Green Warblers and they were very steady up until 10am. The Red-eyed, Yellow-throated, Blue-headed, and Warbling Vireo's were all out and singing. For Thrush's still plenty of Swainson's, Gray-cheeked, and a singing Veery and Wood Thrush. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and down to 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet. There was a group of Rose-breasted Grosbeak's that had 2 males and 4 females, and far more Baltimore Oriole's than will stay in the park, it was nice to enjoy seeing so many singing. Conny Brunell Richfield, Hennepin Cty [email protected]
