At work at Pet Expo in Mankato 5/6-8:
Two reports of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
Several individual Baltimore Oriole sightings one report of three
A number of Rose-breasted Grosbeak sightings two of females
At my home:
House Wrens since the 5th-on suet log
Gray Catbirds and Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers at the grape jelly
feeders frequently
Individual male and female Baltimore Orioles since the 6th-this
morning a pair
Brown Thrasher appeared again today at one of the suet logs
Both male and female Rose-breasted Grosbeaks
Constant serenade by Harris' Sparrows
At Perch Lake WPA this morning:
My FOY Great Egret
A pair of Trumpeter Swans that have been seen either on the lake
itself or adjacent wetlands
Ross's Goose not seen today
100+ American Pelicans on the lake
Hundreds of shorebirds unidentified- to far away and couldn't hold
binoculars steady with the wind shaking the car
one drake Northern Shoveler
A number of Blue-wing Teal in pairs
Waiting for Indigo Bunting, Hummers, Eastern Towhee, and Orchard Oriole
Has the Target Field Kestrel been officially named Kirby yet?
John Nelson
Good Thunder MN
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