Hello, There were birds everywhere at Murphy-Hanrehan (Savage, MN - Scott County) today but you will need good ears and eyes and a neck of steel to see most of them.
I had at least 100 warblers - maybe close to 150 - with only 1 single Yellow-rumper Warbler and 1 Palm warbler seen all day. Total of 15 warbler species seen or heard. The vast majority (75-80%) were American Restart, Nashville, and Tennessee warblers (many of which I never could see). Also seen: Black-throated Green - 3 Blackburnian - 1 (worthy of a fist pump) Golden-winged - 2 Blue-winged - 2 (heard more) Magnolia - 2 Common Yellowthroat - 3 (heard more) Ovenbird - 4 (heard many more) Yellow - (heard only) Chestnut-sided - 3 Black&White - 3 The birds I missed may have been there but I am not real good with Warbler songs/calls and the combination of dense foliage and heavy overcast skies were not optimum for warbler viewing. There were a lot of warblers that I could see moving around in the canopy but never gave me good looks. Most of the warblers I have listed took a few minutes of searching to find (at least they were singing). Also, lots of Vireos (BH, RE, Warbling, likely Philadelphia), Swainson's Thrushes, and House Wrens. Derek Bakken [email protected] ornitholature.blogspot.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
