Olive-sided Flycatcher (front, very vocal, although "quick" portion of song is infrequent; here 1.5 weeks), Cerulean Warbler (has been heard & seen on both left and right forks, 5-10 minutes walk in, alternate song), Least Bittern (back portion of trail, near lake) on Blue Hill Trail, Sherburne NWR last night. Could not find the posted Common Moorhen on the Auto Tour, nor the Ibis at 3 & 23.
Singing Whip-poor-wills at Ann Lake/Sand Dunes around 9:30 (heard from parking lot). On vacation Monday through Thursday, plan to spend some significant time birding. Only commitment so far is to bird Aitkin County on Wednesday or Thursday. Suggestions about interesting birds/locations within three hours of central MN would be welcome. Still need some of the "southern warblers" for year (Hooded, Prothonotary, Kentucky), a few of the "northerners" (Magnolia, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll), Tufted Titmouse, Eurasian Collared-Dove as well as some of the rarer birds. If you have ideas, please send them to my son's email ([email protected]), since I will be away from the office until Friday. Thanks! Good birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
