West side of Eagle Lake is holding like a pregnant pause with a lot of resident birds busy pairing and nest building, a few FOY such as a Swainson's Thrush and a wave of Palm Warblers, a few Ruby-Crowned Kinglets, Cedar Waxwings, woodpecker varieties but no Redheads, Butter-butts, and the like but no breath-taking warbler waves or unique sparrows or even summer wrens. Seems like the energy is building. I will keep you all apprised.
An odd note at the Twin's game Saturday afternoon was the sky full of Chimney Swifts throughout the game over the stadium and field and the night game televised presence of a Kestrel on the right field out-of-bounds pole. Apparently, based on a couple of season ticket holders, the hawk has been present at every night game since the season opener and is very adept at catching moths and other large flying insect, much to the crowds delight. It wasn't there for our day game - but I could just picture it based on the television coverage I have seen. Perhaps it will get named something besides "Twinkie", I pray. Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
