Both the numbers and variety of warblers has increased over the past couple of mornings along Minnehaha Creek in Minneapolis.
This morning was 11 species: Tennessee, Nashville, yellow, black-and-white, chestnut-sided, Wilson's, golden-winged, black-throated green, blackburnian, Canada, and American redstart. The best spot has been where 32nd Ave S crosses the creek. On the north side is an overflow marsh with alders and the south side is a more open area with silver maples. Both sides have been good depending on where they are feeding. Another hot spot has been where the creek flows OUT of Lake Hiawatha, at the footbridge west of 28th Ave. S. However, I would discourage folks from driving from afar expecting to easily see all these species at these particular location. The migrants are just moving down the creek, present at some locations, at some times. I suspect the migrants are present are throughout the general Twin Cities area. 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
