May 25 - 27, 2011 Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter Southeastern Minnesota Field Trip Report
Our group enjoyed three days of birding in Houston and Fillmore counties. Missing most of the storms and only light rain a few times during the trip. We observed most of the regional specialties and lots of the more common species of birds. Here are some of the highlights of the trip: Bufflehead - late migrant, observed in the marsh in La Crescent. Least Bittern - Heard at Mound Prairie marsh WMA. Sandhill Crane - Observed at Mound Prairie marsh WMA and along Highway 26, North of Brownsville in Houston County. Eastern Screech Owl Barred Owl Common Nighthawk Eastern Whip-poor-will Red-headed Woodpecker Olive-sided Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher - Observed along the main creek trail, in Beaver Creek Valley state park. Veery Wood Thrush Blue-winged Warbler Prothonotary Warbler - observed nesting at Millstone landing along Highway 26, in Houston County. Louisiana Waterthrush - observed along the main creek trail, in Beaver Creek Valley state park. Wilson's Warbler Clay-colored Sparrow - Fillmore County - Dr. Johan C Hvoslef WMA Henslow's Sparrow - Fillmore County - Dr. Johan C Hvoslef WMA - One Henslow's Sparrow, was observed in field on the North west portion of the WMA. Orchard Oriole 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
