Yesterday, a Spotted Sandpiper was probing the sand; today a Northern Waterthrush was checking out puddles on the path above the sandbar.
We also saw the first Rose-breasted Grosbeck, Northern Oriole, Gray Catbird, and Gray-cheeked Thrush of the year this week. They were along the path that leads to the bridge to Boom Island. Palm, Nashville, Black-and-white, and Yellow-rumped Warblers were also present. Happy birding! Sally Cagle Nicollet Island, Minneapolis On May 3, 2007, at 4:06 PM, Rob Daves wrote: > On my noon run that takes me along the river in downtown > Minneapolis, there were the usual returning species that we've > heard about so far -- Northern Rough-winged and Tree Swallows, > Eastern Phoebes, Chipping and Song Sparrows and many others. The > Double-crested Cormorants have returned to their fishing and wing- > drying spot just below the Stone Arch Bridge. But the highlight of > the day for me was a Northern Waterthrush probing the sand where > the river lapped the back of Nicollet Island, just east (south) of > the bridge over to Boom Island Park. > > Good birding to all. > > Rob Daves > Minneapolis > > > > Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? > Check out new cars at Yahoo! Autos. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20070508/a410c144/attachment.html
