I am definitely seeing Dickcissels in larger numbers than I have ever seen them before and in locations that I know that they have not been in the last five or six years. I believe the abundance of Dickcissels is evidence that they are no longer being persecuted in southern South America where they winter.
On Sunday night I went down to Miesville Ravine in the evening especially to find Whip-poor-wills. They readilly answered my whistle from across the Canon River. Also we had several Wood Thrushes calling from near the parking lot. At the top of the hill to the west of the ravine near the red farm building with white trim I found a pair of Red-headed Woodpeckers. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected]
