I probably could have pushed the total to 100 species(especially if I had gone
to Carver Park), but I needed a break after 7 hours...maybe later The many
highlights included:
2 Broad-winged Hawks (1 at the refuge and 1 near Assumption Lake)
Merlin (at Rapids Lake MVNWR flew over to Louisville Swamp)
Ruddy Duck and Lesser Scaup
5 Red-necked Grebe
Black and Forster's Tern
Least Flycatcher and Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated and Blue-headed Vireo
6 swallow species +Chimney Swift (4 Purple Martin were mixed with ~100 of the 5
other swallow species at Chevalle wetlands. They breed nearby. Swallows were
pretty much anywhere there was water)
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Veery and Swainson's Thrush
11 warbler species: Blue-winged, Tennessee, Nashville, Northern Parula, Yellow,
Yellow-rumped, Palm, Prothonotary(1 at Chaska Lake MVNWR), Ovenbird, Northern
Waterthrush, and Common Yellowthroat
10 sparrow species including Lark and Lincoln's
Scarlet Tanager (male at Rapids Lake MVNWR)
Eastern and Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbirds
5 Baltimore Oriole
Notable misses included: Pileated Woodpecker, Sedge Wren(gone from the spot he
was at last weekend, if not at Carver Park today will be soon), White-crowned
Sparrow(There has been 1 at the refuge the last week but I never see it when
I'm there.), Great Egret(just need to go to Carver Park or Lake Waconia to find
this), and American White Pelican.
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