Gopi Sundar, Swatti Kittur, and I braved the cold, wind, and snow flurries to search for migrants today. Bird activity was way better than the weather would indicate, including 9 warbler species. Highlights below:
Old Cedar Ave. Bridge - Bloomington: marsh is still mostly underwater, but passerine migration was good, especially at the boardwalk just past the side trail to the marsh observation deck. Trumpeter Swan Bufflehead Lesser Scaup Ruddy Duck Blue-winged Teal N. Shoveler Sora (heard) Broad-winged Hawk (2) Franklin's Gulls (30+) Swallows (all except Purple Martin) Marsh Wren Hermit Thrush Ruby-crowned Kinglet Orange-crowned Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Ovenbird Black-and-white Warbler Northern Waterthrush White-throated Sparrows (dozens) Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow (dozens) Pine Siskin Lake Harriet: Common Loon Horned Grebe (~30) Ruddy Duck Red-breasted Merganser Lake Calhoun: big raft of water birds at the SW corner of the lake (ie the calmest part of the lake). Nashville, Yellow, and Yellow-rumped Warblers were feeding on the ground on mowed grass in this area as well. Common Loon (4) Horned Grebe (~20) Red-necked Grebe Red-breasted Mergansers (dozens) Ruddy Duck Nashville Warbler Yellow Warbler ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
