I heard and saw a mockingbird on the south side of Normandale Lake in Bloomington around noon Thursday, singing strenuously from a tree-top.
Speaking of southern species spreading north, it's startling how much more common gnatcatchers are in Minneapolis than they used to be. Finally, I usually find most migrants arrive about the same date each year, regardless of the weather, but I heard several Tennessee Warblers on my street in Minneapolis this morning... that's early. Steve Greenfield Minneapolis tapaculo at halcyon.ws
