June 2, 2011 Birded the Rapids Lake Unit of the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge this morning, with a small group of friends. The loop trail to the South of the Headquarters building was open and dry, but the trail to the North of the Headquarters building is flooded. Making it hard to get to some of the better areas of the unit, with out at least knee high boots. We heard or saw 52 species of birds, with the following highlights, along the small loop trail and North Hunter parking lot trails:
Wild Turkey Chimney Swift Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Still have not observed the Red-headed Woodpecker, that has been reported at the Headquarters feeders this spring) Alder Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Blue-winged Warbler Mourning Warbler - Easily observed singing male, appeared to be on territory along the small loop trail. Lark Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow 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
