St. John's Arboretum Birding Morning w/ Bob Russell, 4 small groups had a low composite of 91 species on the SJU campus/woods/prairie. Only ten warblers seen and all in few numbers. Of note: 1-Blackburnian, few Tennessee, Orange-crowned, Yellow, B&W, 1-N.Waterthrush, lots of Ovenbirds. 1-BlueHeaded Vireo. Lots of Swainson Thrushes. Caspian Tern, 6 swallows, 7 woodpeckers. Sparrows weak.
Afternoon: 15+ people caravan to the AvonHillsSNA (south)-Osprey on platform nest (SchumenLkRd), Broad-winged Hawk-nest building, Cooper's Hawk (on nest), 2-Gray-cheeked Thrushes. Again, warblers were near non-existent. No Cerulean. AlbanyWastewater ponds: weak on shorebirds-Least, Yellowlegs, W.Phalaropes. Ruddy,Lesser Scaup, still present. Yellow-headed Blackbird, Bobolinks, group enjoyed watching the two eaglets being fed in the nest. mjb ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
