I had the incredible experience of seeing many flocks of Common Nighthawks migrate overhead as I walked the trail on the west side of Sucker Lake in Ramsey County. One flock contained easily 500 hundred birds. They just kept coming, like the flying monkeys of the Wicked Witch. This all happened near dusk.
There were also warbler waves, but they were high in the trees (with their many leaves), my bins kept fogging, and the light was bad. I did see an Olive-sided Flycatcher. The parking lot for this trail is off County Road F, east of Rice Street. The driveway comes up quickly and is unsigned as you approach. I have found this to be a good spot for warblers in the past, especially the dirt path that turns off to the right as you walk up from the Cty. F end of the park. Good birding, Linda Sparling ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
