Here is a belated report of my outings to Grey Cloud Dunes SNA (5/31) and Afton State Park (6/1), both in Washington County.
Highlights from Grey Cloud Dunes included BOBOLINK, DICKCISSEL, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, WILLOW FLYCATCHER, LARK SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, EASTERN TOWHEE, and numerous BROWN THRASHERS and EASTERN KINGBIRDS. Highlights from Afton State Park included a late CANADA WARBLER, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, HENSLOW'S SPARROW, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, FIELD SPARROW, EASTERN TOWHEE, BROWN THRASHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD, and BELTED KINGFISHER. Full eBird reports are pasted below. Peter Nichols Washington County Grey Cloud Dunes SNA, Washington, US-MN May 31, 2012 9:05 AM - 10:35 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) 40 species Turkey Vulture 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 10 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Willow Flycatcher 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 7 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Barn Swallow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 2 House Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 American Robin 6 Gray Catbird 6 Brown Thrasher 8 Cedar Waxwing 20 Ovenbird 1 American Redstart 1 Yellow Warbler 15 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Clay-colored Sparrow 10 Field Sparrow 10 Vesper Sparrow 1 Lark Sparrow 2 Grasshopper Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 2 Indigo Bunting 1 Dickcissel 2 Bobolink 1 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 12 Baltimore Oriole 2 American Goldfinch 8 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Afton SP, Washington, US-MN Jun 1, 2012 8:55 AM - 11:10 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.5 mile(s) 46 species Canada Goose 2 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 7 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 Eastern Kingbird 2 Yellow-throated Vireo 3 Warbling Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 10 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 6 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Tree Swallow 3 Barn Swallow 1 Black-capped Chickadee 5 White-breasted Nuthatch 4 House Wren 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8 Eastern Bluebird 10 American Robin 2 Gray Catbird 3 Brown Thrasher 2 Blue-winged Warbler 3 American Redstart 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Canada Warbler 1 Singing repeatedly from the undergrowth near park entrance. Two or three quick chip notes followed by, loud, complex, staccato whistle: "Chip chip dippedy dippedy dip!" Eastern Towhee 3 Chipping Sparrow 2 Field Sparrow 10 Henslow's Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 2 Indigo Bunting 4 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Eastern Meadowlark 3 Brown-headed Cowbird 12 Baltimore Oriole 1 American Goldfinch 5 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
