While birding today (July 17th) in the northern suburb of Fridley, I encountered a tiny flock of migrant warblers consisting of a Tennessee, a Northern Parula, and a Black-and-white. They appeared to be associating with a pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers which also seemed to be on the move. Not too unusual to find stray warblers by this time in July, but I seldom find mixed species traveling together until sometime in August. This is also only my second July sighting of a N. Parula in the metro area.
Cole Foster
