This morning at 7:00, along Minnehaha Creek east of Lake Hiawatha, a red-headed woodpecker flew toward me, passed right in front of me, and flew off into the neighborhood near E 46th St & 32nd Ave S.
The red head and solid black and white wings were clearly visible. It did not call. I've never seen a red-head in this area before, although there have been recent sightings from Bloomington and St. Paul. I haven't posted other observations lately because it's mostly been the same migrants others have posted. This morning was slow for warbler-diversity and numbers along Minnehaha Creek, but thick with Swainson's warblers, least flycatchers, and Tennessee warblers. Best recent sighting was a male blackburnian warbler Deb Diko and I saw a couple of mornings ago in the drizzle. It fed and sang from low in a green ash for over 30 minutes. Diana Doyle S. Minneapolis ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
