Even with a slow post rainy day cold, the Eagle Lake area popped up three new species - Blue-gray gnat Catchers (7), Blackpoll Warbler and a Common Yellow Throat. This morning early with temps around 39 degrees, I saw an entire flock of Yellow-rumps acting like White Throats and would barely move aside as I walked through them.
Also enthralled by three American Redstarts who were in separate areas but all darting about with tails and wings in full display. Seemed odd to watch all three doing the same thing with no other birds about. Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN
