I spent a couple hours at Crosby Farm park in St. Paul yesterday afternoon just before the rain hit. There was a decent diversity of migrants, but numbers were low and the birds were widely scattered throughout the park (except for that consistent migrant hotspot at the east end of Crosby Lake). Many of my sightings overlap those from the previous post by Matt Dufort, but here are some (mostly) different highlights:
Highlights: 12 warblers - Nashville, Tennessee, Redstart, Golden-winged, Blue-winged, Black-throated Green, Northern Waterthrush, Ovenbird, Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Palm, Common Yellowthroat (I did not try for the Prothonotary). Swainson's Thrush Veery Great Crested Flycatcher Rose-breasted Grosbeak Scarlet Tanager (south edge of Upper Lake) Sora (at least 4 in marsh between the two lakes) Savannah Sparrow Solitary Sandpiper Peregrine Falcon I also heard Blue-winged, Magnolia, and several Tennessee Warblers singing in the rain in St. Anthony Park near the U of M St. Paul campus this (Tuesday) morning. Scott Loss St. Paul ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
