September 29, 2011 Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter Washington County Birding Day
Spent the day on Thursday, birding with a group in Washington County. With high winds and rain for most of the day, it made for a tough day of birding. We did encounter large flocks of White-throated Sparrows and a few mixed flocks of Yellow-rumped Warblers. Some of the locations we birded at were, the Oakdale Nature Preserve, Lake Elmo Park Reserve and White Bear Lake. Here are a few of the species we observed today: Red-necked Grebe - Several Red-necked Grebes were observed from the boat landing on Lake Elmo, in Lake Elmo Regional Park Reserve. Bonaparte's Gull - Observed in both Washington and Ramsey county, flying over White Bear Lake. Red-bellied, Yellow-bellied, Downy, Hairy, Northern Flicker and Pileated Woodpeckers were observed along the trails at the Oakdale Nature Preserve. Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet American Pipit Nashville Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler White-throated Sparrow Craig Mandel Minnetonka, Hennepin [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
