I went to Rapids Lake, MVNWR today hoping to find 2 birds, a Prothonotary Warbler and a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Unfortunately I did not see either, though I did hear the Yellow-billed Cuckoo in a similar area as the last 2 years atop the bluff west of Rapids Lake. The Black-billed Cuckoo was in a thicket in on the bluff as well. He was attracted by another unknown bird that was chattering at me and just stared at me from about 8 feet away. Besides Tennesse Warblers, only resident warblers were common. My search for the Prothonotary Warbler did lead me to my first Canada Warbler of the spring. Other warblers were Yellow, Blue-winged, Com. Yellowthroat, Am. Redstart, Ovenbird, Blackpoll, and Wilson's.
Most productive bird family of the day were flycatchers. I saw both singing Alder and Willow Flycathcers along with Phoebe, Great-crested, Eastern Wood-Pewee and Eastern Kingbird. I saw 4 Lark Sparrows today, but only 1 was at Rapids Lake. The other 3 were at Seminary Fen in southern Chanhassen. The final highlight of the day was an Orchard Oriole at Rapids Lake perched out in the open in an Oak tree. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has a new way to see what's up with your friends. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/WhatsNew?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_WhatsNew1_052009 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
