It seems that the Black Tern must hunt there regularly because I was walking at the Bass Ponds and saw the Black Tern hunting in the same spot. I knew that they are supposed to be around there, but it was quite exciting to actually see and watch him hunt while being so close to the path in the open.
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Jonathon Jongsma <[email protected]>wrote: > (Not sure how interesting this is to others, but since I'd never seen > one before, I thought there may be some others interested as well) > > Sunday afternoon I took a walk around the bass ponds at MN valley NWR > and saw a single black tern mixed in with a large flock of swallows > skimming over the water. The tern was fishing over long meadow lake > right where there is a clearing that overlooks a water inlet from the > bass pond. Gorgeous bird. > > Other birds observed in the area included a pair of Yellow-throated > Vireos, a Belted Kingfisher, Indigo Bunting, a couple Eastern Kingbirds, > and the trio of the usual warblers (Common Yellowthroat, Yellow, and > American Redstart) > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
