After birding my BBA block in Nicollet county this morning, I decided to check out some places on the Minnesota River for potential Prothonotary warblers. I found two:
1. Along the west side of LeSueur county 102 about .5 mile south of state highway 99. This is about 100 yards south of where 102 crosses the railroad tracks, right next to the "Speed Limit 40mph" sign. The bird was signing loudly and seen carrying nesting material into a hollow in a log about 3 feet above the water level. 2. Along the east side of state highway 93, just south of the town of Henderson in Sibley county. There is an "oxbow" in the river just south of town and the bird was seen about 50 yards away from the road. With all the high water levels, this would be a good year to look for these birds along other parts of the Minnesota River where they might not normally be found. There is more "habitat" now than in low water years. Note Brian Smith's post back on May 17 in Brown county. Regards,,, ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
