Birded Sherburne CR 2 Ponds, Sherburne refuge, Kathio State Park, briefly along Mille Lacs lakeshore, Father Hennepin State Park and Pioneer Park from Friday night through Tuesday mornings. Highlights were:
* Two Franklin's Gulls (immature, very brown), Highway 2 ponds (there briefly Friday night, not on Saturday) * Number of dowitchers, Hwy 2 (initially presumed Short-billed since they were my first of season, but county list does not have them occuring in the fall??? - they never flew nor called) * 17 warbler species total (best area was Hennepin, 12 species in 30 minutes along entry road Monday), nothing exotic * Olive-sided Flycatcher, Blue Hill Trail, Sherburne NWR * Red-headed Woodpecker calling this morning, Mille Lacs CR 12 (3/4 mile west of 169) On to Duluth on the 10th! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties
