Had another remarkable day birding by Eagle Lake in Maple Grove. Two life birds today - one walked by my home office window and still shows up throughout the day and the other was branch hopping in a tree a few hundred feet from my door. Birded with Lynne from New Hope and we had a ball seeing many warblers and other fancy stuff.
Birds and noticings of note Looked out my window this morning and saw little action until a small little yellow fluffball walked by, nose (beak) to the ground. Scoured the book for a yellow bird with black marking around it's neck and after casting aside Kentucky Warbler - I figured that the black markings on yellow breast and neck were the indicator of the Canada Warbler - a lifer Then after a fruitful day of birding with Lynne taking pictures (and you would have to ask her of her experience), we started heading back and noticed a solo bird in a bare tree. First glance said Cape May but something was missing and the bird was too plain. Then realized it was missing a brownish patch on the eye and seemed to have a whitish chin with black beneath it and nearly a Cape May eye but fainter. Scour book. Scour book. Scour book. Yes, yes, no, no, Oh My Goodness it is a Black-Throated Green Warbler without hint of green on it! Yeehaw another lifer. Earlier we danced with a Bay-breasted Warbler for several minutes along some pines in full sun. Man is that something to behold! Also earlier we were blessed with visiting the area of the Cooper's Hawk nest and got to watch one of the birds chase and almost catch a Catbird. Then a little bit away from that action we spotted the other mate Cooper's who had caught a red squirrel and feasted while Lynne shot digital pic after digital pic. Many other joys including a White-breasted Nuthatch protesting the presence of a Red-bellied Woodpecker pounding the wood nest to the entrance of its crevice nest. A Common Yellowthroat and Cape May Warbler dancing outside my office window. Several Ovenbirds showing their boldness to eat overcoming their secreted lifestyle. And very cooperative Chestnut-sided Warblers. Another glorious day in paradise. Whew! Time for a nap. Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080514/622f9d52/attachment.html
