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April 25, 2005 Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter Sibley County Birding Day Field Trip Report 8 - Participants 73 - Species were seen or heard Enjoyed a fun day of birding in Sibley County. Despite some rain and temperatures in the low 40's we found a good number of birds and encountered some waves of early spring migrants. We observed a wave of Yellow-rumped Warblers and Ruby-crowned Kinglets at a small park on the SE side of Titlow Lake near the town of Gaylord. There was another wave of birds at the Rush River Wayside, which included a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. The Gaylord Sewage Ponds on CR 67 had a large number of Ducks, an Eared Grebe and Franklin's and Bonaparte's Gulls. There were also Western Grebes on Titlow and High Island Lakes. Here were some of the groups favorite observations: Trumpeter Swans - Lake Washington Gray Partridge - CR 67, 1.7 miles East of Hwy 22. Horned Grebe - Schilling Lake Red-necked Grebe - CR 12, 1 mile East of Hwy 22. Eared Grebe - Gaylord Sewage Ponds, on CR 67. Western Grebe - Titlow Lake, High Island Lake Bald Eagle - Nesting pairs were observed at the Redhead WPA on Hwy 25 and on the SE corner of Schilling Lake. Franklin's Gull - Gaylord Sewage Ponds, on CR 67. Bonaparte's Gull - Gaylord Sewage Pond, on CR 67. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Rush River Wayside Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler White-throated Sparrow - only one at the park on the SE side of Titlow Lake. Craig Mandel - [email protected] - Minnetonka, MN -------------------------------1114538006 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUS-ASCII"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=3Drole_body style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY:=20= Arial"=20 bottomMargin=3D7 leftMargin=3D7 topMargin=3D7 rightMargin=3D7><FONT id=3Drol= e_document=20 face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size=3D2> <DIV>April 25, 2005</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter</DIV> <DIV>Sibley County Birding Day</DIV> <DIV>Field Trip Report</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>8 - Participants</DIV> <DIV>73 - Species were seen or heard</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Enjoyed a fun day of birding in Sibley County. Despite some rain=20= and=20 temperatures in the low 40's we found a good number of birds and encountered= =20 some waves of early spring migrants. We observed a wave of=20 Yellow-rumped Warblers and Ruby-crowned Kinglets at a small park on the SE s= ide=20 of Titlow Lake near the town of Gaylord. There was another wave of bir= ds=20 at the Rush River Wayside, which included a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. The= =20 Gaylord Sewage Ponds on CR 67 had a large number of Ducks, an Eared Grebe an= d=20 Franklin's and Bonaparte's Gulls. There were also Western Grebes on Ti= tlow=20 and High Island Lakes. Here were some of the groups favorite=20 observations:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Trumpeter Swans - Lake Washington</DIV> <DIV>Gray Partridge - CR 67, 1.7 miles East of Hwy 22.</DIV> <DIV>Horned Grebe - Schilling Lake</DIV> <DIV>Red-necked Grebe - CR 12, 1 mile East of Hwy 22.</DIV> <DIV>Eared Grebe - Gaylord Sewage Ponds, on CR 67.</DIV> <DIV>Western Grebe - Titlow Lake, High Island Lake</DIV> <DIV>Bald Eagle - Nesting pairs were observed at the Redhead WPA on Hwy 25 a= nd=20 on the SE corner of Schilling Lake.</DIV> <DIV>Franklin's Gull - Gaylord Sewage Ponds, on CR 67.</DIV> <DIV>Bonaparte's Gull - Gaylord Sewage Pond, on CR 67.</DIV> <DIV>Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Rush River Wayside</DIV> <DIV>Orange-crowned Warbler</DIV> <DIV>Yellow-rumped Warbler</DIV> <DIV>White-throated Sparrow - only one at the park on the SE side of Titlow=20 Lake.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial size=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" PTSIZE=3D"10"= >Craig Mandel=20 - [email protected] - Minnetonka, MN </FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> -------------------------------1114538006--
