Birded early mornings 5:30-7:00am: Sat. 13th-Fall Creek SNA-N Washington County- the explosive Acadian Flycatcher still present including excellent views of it along the northside ravine trail. Go past the blowdown (one white pine across the path, past the bouncing bets in bloom, and upon approach on a spring terrace look for the pickeral grass shows up on the north bank and water in the drainage is where it lives. I continued hearing it as I worked down to the sandstone outcrop to the SNA east boundary. Minstrels on the walk included Veeries and Wood Thrushes, Vireos, and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.
WilliamOBrian SP: 1styr male Orchard Oriole along the Wetlands trail just past the marten house and before the marsh. Sun.14th Interstate SP: Two Louisiana Waterthrushes in the ravine draw where the RR trail and Sandstone Bluffs (north loop) intersect. This is across the Hwy 8 roadway from the entrance to the park. I heard them first, and since I was coming down the hillside steps from the RR trail, the birds worked upstream and under the walkbridge, wading and jumping up on the boulders present there. The stream is dry a short distance up the Sandstone trail and I did not get a fix on where they must have gone, but a Wood Thrush minstrel sang out every 7 seconds and was stilling singing at the same pace when I came around on the S-loop and hour later. Did not hear a Winter Wren this morning as I had last year on this trail---a rather noisy Hwy 8 traffic trail, except for Sunday morning early. mjb ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
