Chimney Swifts are no longer swarming into the elementary school chimney at night like they have all summer long in my neighborhood. Anyone seeing masses of Swifts?
Mark Alt Manager of Project Management Supply Chain Transformation Office Best Buy Co., Inc. [email protected]=20 (w) 612-291-6717 (Cell) 612-803-9085 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of carol schumacher Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 12:03 PM To: mnbird Subject: [mnbird] Very few obvious migrants but interesting birds Yesterday and today in about 1=3D1.5 hours, at Prairie Island, there were the following: Black-billed Cuckoo silent but today vocal Magnolia Warbler the only one in two days besides restarts Bell's Vireo seen yesterday, heard today singing a very poor rendition of this harsh song There have been some shifts in species moving through: Today fewer Great-crested Flycatchers Yesterday more Baltimore Orioles Today more Yellow-throated Vireos Very few Red-eyed Vireos singing both days which is unusual. Tree Swallows are almost absent from the Mississippi River valley compared to the last few weeks. The day before yesterday, Common Nighthawks were scooping around a bluff top farm in the fog. While taking a short cut through the Whitewater Valley, I found many more. It was an eerie sight.=20 At our house, the plethora of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds has dropped substantially in the last two days. With 7 feeders surround my screen porch, its been quite a show. Business might pick up again when the next weather front. The Baltimore Oriole family visits often. This is the first your the Oriole feeder has been out because wasps liked my old feeder which had not protection. Its been great to see Orioles several times a day. The Tri-colored Heron reported from Whitewater two weeks ago, was never refound, to my knowledge. By the time we heard, the sighting was already more than 24 hours old. Thanks to Dedrick and Paul for an evening try and to Chuck Krulas whom I met after a long morning without luck. We worked very hard to find it. I checked many ponds in the farm areas too, and Chuck walked the Doerer Pools and we both check all ponds in the valley and at different times.=20 Its fun to hear about outings and your sightings are welcomed here. Carol =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D carol schumacher [email protected] winona=20 www.birdminnesota.com =09 _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush _______________________________________________ mnbird mailing list [email protected] http://www.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird
