Many (belated) thanks to those who arranged and led the various biding activities for Ramsey County's Urban Birding Festival this past weekend. The one event in which I was able to participate is one I had wanted to do for years, the tour of the former arsenal testing facility in Arden Hills. It was a delightful experience.
Among other species, we enjoyed brown thrasher, catbird, bluebird, E. kingbird, E. meadowlark, clay-colored and song sparrows, tree swallow, Great-crested and olive-sided flycatcher, trumpeter swan, osprey, red-tail hawk, flickers, red-bellied woodpeckers, rose-breasted grosbeak, Baltimore oriole, E. towhee, yellow and common yellowthroat warbler, Wilson's and Blackburnian warbler, redstart, palm warbler, and more. Some folks were treated to a courtship display between the pair of towhees, and most of us were privy to the maternal doings of a female oriole at the nest. We also learned a bit of the history of the site, fascinating in itself. Thanks to all, for a memorable experience. Linda Whyte ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
