May 8, 07 Birding in St Louis Co. on the "Range". Went to the Embarrass Rice Paddies, Biwabik Sewage ponds and other favorite spots on the "Range". Birds of note at the Rice Paddies: Swan-with yellow lores and rounded forehead border feathering. Sandhill crane Wilson's Phalaropes-2 Solitary Sandpipers-2 L. Yellowlegs-about a dozen Bittern Sedge wren Cliff swallows LeCont's Sp. several singing-one seen well in scope. snipe Sewage Ponds: Redhead duck Shovellers other common ducks Osprey-we now have 4 nests within a 10-mile radius of Aurora. Fisherman's Pt and HL: GH Owlets-2 fluffys on nest Blackburnian, Cape May, Nashville, B&W, Pine, Parula, Bl. Th. Green, Ovenbird, Palm and Yel. R. Warblers. Bl. H. Vireo Eve. Grosbeaks R. B. Grosbeak Etc. Audrey L. Evers & N. Jackson
