(Spring Lake Park Reserve, Dakota Co.) Sat., 7-10:30 AM red-shouldered hawk(s)--two nice looks, circling over the open fields by the main gate and next to the parking lot
also Cooper's hawk(s) over the north trail, between some evergreens and some deciduous trees in a ravine--may be nesting in the evergreens, judging by the agitated response to our presence flushed a flock of about 10 thrushes, at least some of them identified as hermit, feeding in some evergreens yellow-rumped warblers ruby-crowned kinglets tree swallows and barn swallows sparrows: field, song, chipping; juncos a pair of wood ducks in trees on the bluff south of the pavilion osprey over the Mississippi killdeer in flight over the fields cowbirds; plus all the usual heard meadowlarks on the way out of the park, but not the usual bluebirds Linda Whyte
