There was quite a bit of activity at Rapids Lake this morning before the wind
really picked up. I ended up finding decent numbers of 12 warbler species at
Rapids Lake and an additional 2 at Chaska Lake. The highlight was a Cerulean
Warbler that was intially in a low brushy area with a couple other migrant
warbler and flew
to a cottowood north of the Rapids Lake visitors center along the river
trail. He also sang twice. When I returned to that area 2 hours later,
there was no activity and no bird sounds at all. The wind was affecting
that area quite a bit more than it had been early on, though. I was
entertained by a juvenile Cooper's Hawk that made a couple unsuccessful
attempts at either hunting or chasing away a Belted Kingfisher. Even though
the winds affected the bird activity later(quite a difference between early and
late) in the morning, I was quite happy to have the wind. The mosquitoes
were absolutely awful early this morning. I thought that it had been bad all
summer, but I ddn't know the true definition of mosquito swarms until today.
The only skin showing was my hands and face, and I was still eaten alive.
Luckily the winds dispersed most of the mosquitoes later on
Rapids Lake count
Tennessee Warbler 5
Nashville Warbler 7
Yellow Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 4
Magnolia Warbler 3
Cerulean Warbler 1
Black and White Warbler 2
American Redstart 9
Ovenbird 2
Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
Wilson's Warbler 5
Quick stop at Chaska Lake (Carver end only, mosquitoes were bad here too)
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Golden-winged Warbler 1 (female)
American Redstart 6
Canada Warbler 1
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