May 12, 2008 Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter Carver Park Reserve Field Trip Report
14 - participants 85 - species observed 5:00 am - 11:45 am We started the day listening to and getting brief looks at some American Woodcocks along the entrance road to the Lowry Nature Center, close to the entrance gate. Then we birded the trails from the nature center around Crosby lake. Hitting a nice wave of Warblers along the SW corner of the lake. Afterwards we spent some time at the King Blind, which was very quite and then some hiked some trails along Parley. Things were fairly quite there as well, but we did get some nice close up views of Forster's Terns. Here are a few of the species of birds observed during the walk: Osprey - There are many Osprey in the park, with birds on 4 nesting sites in the park that we observed. Virginia Rail Sora American Woodcock Caspian Tern Forster's Tern Barred Owl Red-breasted Nuthatch - observed along the trail on the SE side of Parley Lake. Sedge Wren March Wren Cedar Waxwing - Observed about 10 pairs of Cedar Waxwings, with the males actively courting and feeding the females. Warblers - 12 species - Blue-winged (Heard only), Tennessee, Orange-crowned, Nashville, Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Palm, Black-and-white, American Redstart, Northern Waterthrush, Common Yellowthroat, Wilson's. Bobolink Craig Mandel EgretCMan at msn.com Hennepin County Minnetonka, MN
