And here are directions to the other Hooded Warbler that I heard last Saturday and Sunday, but which was not singing when Bill and Dick looked for it this morning. You may want to try for it if you miss the "southern" one:
To get to the other Hooded location in Battle Creek Park, go west up the hill from the rec center on Winthrop Street. There's a narrow unofficial path up the hill from near the south end of the rec center. When you get up into the woods, bear right onto the wide trail that goes west, downhill, near the northern edge of the woods. You'll see houses through the trees on your right. The bird was singing on the hillside on the left as you get to the bottom of the hill. There's another trail that curves around the hillside above where the Hooded was singing, but it's hard to describe how to get there. Julian St. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Litkey" <[email protected]> To: "MOU" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 5:31 PM Subject: [mou] directions to Hooded Warbler - Battle Creek Park, Ramsey Co. > As per several requests for directions, they are as follows. Battle Creek > Park is located in SE Ramsey Co. From Hwy. 61 running along the eastern > side of the Mississippi River valley turn eastward onto Lower Afton Road. > Go about ½ mile to Winthrop St. On either side of Winthrop along the > north > side of Lower Afton there is clearing back off the shoulder so you might > be > able to park there. North of Lower Afton only about 100 ft. hike the ski > trail that goes west from Winthrop and parallels Lower Afton. Hang left > on > this trail at any trail junctures. Eventually the trail curves northward > away from Lower Afton into a ravine. At the curve there was a Mourning > Warbler as a bonus. Listen for the Hooded Warbler throughout this ravine, > which isn't very long. It seemed to spend more time towards the north end > of the ravine, but it certainly moves around in there. > > Bill Litkey (Oakdale) > > > > > --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- > http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! --- > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > [email protected] > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net >
