Hi folks, I'll add my comments to Molly's. I was teaching about raptors up in Grand Marais today and spent my lunch hour a few miles north of GM, watching these waves of warblers flying SOUTH along the shore. Any ideas as to why they were heading that way...? I didn't see a single bird heading north.
I also saw Tennessee and Black-throated Green Warblers, but only saw three shorebirds. I thoroughly enjoyed a male Blackburnian foraging on the ground two feet from me! Gorgeous bird. Happy migration, Debbie ____________________________ Debbie Waters Education Director Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory P.O. Box 3006 Duluth, MN 55803-3006 218.428.3539 [email protected] www.hawkridge.org Bringing kids and birds together. Over 7,000 times in 2008. Become a MEMBER and support our educational efforts! "I'm an early bird and I'm a night owl, so I'm wise and I have worms." - Michael Scott, The Office -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Molly Thompson Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mou-net] Warbler fallout on the North Shore Hi everyone, I was up the North Shore today and experienced waves of warblers - mostly heading south down the shore. It was a chilly morning so they were mostly feeding near the ground in areas out of the wind. That meant they were flying right by at eye level. I saw the following warblers: Blackburnian, Palm, Cape May, Am. Redstart, Yellow, Black and white, N. Parula, Yellow rumped, ovenbird and Nashville. All along hwy 61, there were flocks flying by. Also in the woods. Also, at Sugarloaf Cove, there were large flocks of mostly Yellowlegs flying over. They were landing in the wetland also. I believe they were greaters. There were also a few solitary sandpipers (I'm pretty sure) mixed in with the yellowlegs. Molly Thompson Duluth, MN _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® goes with you. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Mobile1_05 2009 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.329 / Virus Database: 270.12.29/2114 - Release Date: 05/14/09 17:54:00 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
