Highlights in & around the refuge today: * Hooded Warbler, Blue Hill Trail (opposite the first trail that leads up the hill, same general location as two years ago)
* Upland Sandpipers (2), Prairie Wildlife Auto Tour (across from Prairie Trail) * Northern Pintail, Auto Tour (Big Bluestem Pond) - bit late, aren't we? Hanging with a small group of Mallards. * Osprey, Auto Tour (last major pond) - generally they don't stick around the refuge - carrying food - nesting? 10 warblers overall, including Golden-winged, Blue-winged (and the Brewster's) and Mourning. Good birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties
