May 10, 2011 Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Bloomington Visitor Center Hill side trail 6:00 am - 10:00 am
While leading a walk for the refuge this morning, our group observed 23 species of Warblers along the upper and lower trails accessed from the Visitor Center Parking lot. The visitor center is located on American Blvd. E., about two blocks East of 34th Ave. S. Here are some of the species observed by the group. Common Nighthawk - observed roosting in a tree. Pileated Woodpecker Least Flycatcher - numerous Great-crested Flycatcher Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo - Heard only Red-eyed Vireo Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Blue-winged Warbler Golden-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Common yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Clay-colored Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Harris's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Craig Mandel Minnetonka, Hennepin County [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
