After a bit of a lull over the last 10 days, things picked up once again at
Carver Park this morning. The morning began with frustration, as the first
wave was all around me but nowhere to be seen. They finally showed themselves
by flying away. Of that group of 15 or so birds I was able to identify 2 RC
Kinglets and 2 Y-rumped Warbler in the group. After that there were an
additional 8 migrant waves across the park of varying size. Of those waves I
had anywhere from great luck with birds posing nicely to more frustration.
Carver Park count
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan (cygnets getting closer to adult size)
Wood Duck ~35
Mallard
Hooded Merganser 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 13
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 flyover
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Red-bellied, Downy, Hairy, Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker 8
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 4
Blue-headed Vireo 6 (as many as 8)
Warbling Vireo 1
Philadelphia Vireo 1 (probably a 2nd seen briefly)
Red-eyed Vireo 9
Blue Jay
American Crow
Barn Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee (Migrants were with any chickadee I saw.)
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 12
Eastern Bluebird 6
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin
Gray Catbird 5
Cedar Waxwing ~40
Black and White Warbler 4
Tennessee Warbler 10 (including 3 male in various plumage)
Orange-crowned Warbler 4
Nashville Warbler 19+
Common Yellowthroat 8
American Redstart 2 (including 1 adult male)
Northern Parula 1 (possibly a 2nd heard singing only once a partial song)
Magnolia Warbler 4
Yellow Warbler 1 immature
Chestnut-sided Warbler 6
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 13
Field Sparrow 3 (did not actively search for sparrow)
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 3
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
American Goldfinch
In addition to Carver Park, I did a little searching in rural areas of the
county for the first time in several weeks. Around Lake Waconia besides
Ring-billed Gulls, there were 2 Franklin's Gull and a Herring Gull. Around
the New Germany area there were Gadwall, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Hooded
Merganser, 2 Kestrel, 44 Great Egret, 5 Great Blue Heron, 2 Green Heron,
Killdeer, 5 Greater Yellowlegs, 4 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper,
~40 unidentified shorebirds(amongst reeds and very skittish), 7 Northern
Flicker, and a flock of Barn Swallow.
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