As I was walking along the western shore of Rapids Lake, I heard the familiar
chip of a Yellow-rumped Warbler coming from a Cedar. I spished once, and 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler appeared from several neighboring Cedar. They flew
around me, chipping ocassionally, and then moved in and out of Cedar,
Cottonwood, and Oak until I lost sight of them. There were no other birds
near the warbler at the time. Other highlights from the western shore of
Rapids Lake were 4 Purple Finch, a curious Swamp Sparrow as interested in me
as I was in him from atop a dead reed(also had a possible Song Sparrow chip and
dive below some reeds near this area), and a Merlin that dove after a
Chickadee. A quick drive through the country turned up 3 American Kestrel.
2 of these are likely recent arrivals.
----
Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net
Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
