I wanted to add to what has already been noted about Minnesota Point and the birding fallout caused by the weather. Arrived at the point at 5:00AM expecting excellent birding based on the thick foggy conditions, was not disappointed. As noted there were hundreds of warblers. I parked about two hundred yards from the airport, near 4 large conifers. Each conifer was loaded with warblers. Though the light was to poor to take pictures at that time, I had many american redstarts, and magnolia warlbers foraging in the pines at eye level. Many species of warblers observed. Also found 7 shorebird species on the beach on the lakeside, Sanderling, Semipalmated Sandpipers, Spotted Sandpipers, Killdeer, Dunlin, Semipalmated Plover, and Ruddy Turnstone. Near the breakwater of the Wisconsin Entry on the Minnesota Side, I observed well over twenty empidinox flycatchers (mostly least flycatchers) foraging on the beach, hawking from the many pieces of driftwood. Most interesting (to me) were the birds I observed on the rocks of the breakwater. I assumed that most were birds that had tried to cross the lake in the fog and been turned back, as normally these species are not found out on the rocks. The list of birds found out on the rocks includes: Magnolia, and Yellow warblers, Common Yellowthroats, Chipping Sparrows, Mourning Dove!, Least Flycatchers!, Sedge Wren! and a ruby throated hummingbird. Also interesting were two observed Bobolinks near the airport at Minnesota Point. A great morning to be birding, while not necessarily a "great" morning. Happy Birding, Shawn Zierman.
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