Fantastic day at Nicollet Island and Boom Island Park near downtown Minneapolis. I only had about a half-hour, didn't know where to look/listen next!
A noisy, lively bunch. As per my other post, the highlight was the redheaded woodpecker - what an unexpected treat. Here were some of the highlights - probably forgot one or two. green heron blue-winged teals - a pair - what a funny looking bird that male is, when looking straight at you! spotted sandpiper great-crested flycatcher phoebe least flycatcher Swainson's thrush catbirds house wren baltimore orioles warbling vireo Warblers ( most were singing their hearts out!): redstart yellow warbler Tennesse warbler blackburnian warbler orange-crowned warbler yellow-rumped warbler red-bellied woodpecker RED HEADED WOODPECKER! flicker downy woodpecker > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karen Kraco > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:23 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [mnbird] Red-headed woodpecker, Nicollet Island, Mpls > > Astonished to see a rh woodpecker near E.Island and Maple, on > E. river side, at Nicollet Island in Minneapolis. At 8:45, > watched it for about 5 minutes until it disappeared toward > other side (west side) of the Island. Very active day today - > long list to follow. > > Karen Kraco > Minneapolis, MN > > _______________________________________________ > mnbird mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird > Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s > ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
