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From: Laura Coble [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 2:38 PM To: 'mnbird at lists.mnbird.net' Subject: Black-billed Cuckoo, Miesville Ravine, Goodhue side I have decided to do more birding in the county where I live, Goodhue, and would eventually like to bird all areas in the county. This morning I walked the trails for several hours at Miesville Ravine, Goodhue side, which is found northeast of Cannon Falls, across from the Dakota County Miesville park. At about 9:30 am, along the Miesville trail closest to the Cannon River, I had a long, close look at an adult perched Black-billed Cuckoo. The red eye ring was clearly visible; I could see the small white and dark spots on the undertail; and the black bill was thin. I had heard a Black-billed Cuckoo call earlier, and this bird made a sound I hadn't heard before. Sibley describes it as "kru-dru", I found out, after checking his complete bird guide (not the Eastern). I saw another cuckoo (though it may have been the same bird), on my way back to the parking lot on a parallel trail. There are two birds, because a different cuckoo was giving its usual call as I was looking at the second one. Please e-mail me if you want park and/or trail directions. I also birded the Goodhue county side of Cty 17/280th St. E., and the cemetery near the Cannon River Lutheran Church. I found 38 species total, including a Scarlet Tanager, many Indigo Buntings, Ovenbird, Pileated Woodpecker, Cooper's Hawk, Yellow-throated Vireo, Eastern Towhee, Vesper Sparrow, and a possible Olive-sided Flycatcher. I heard it, but couldn't find it. It was a beautiful, cool morning in the ravine at 8:30 am, and there weren't many mosquitoes, though insect repellent is essential now! Laura Coble Cannon Falls, MN -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080630/abd11bdf/attachment.html
