That's a good guess, but it was actually in a sumac/honeysuckle thicket at approximately the location of the green arrow marker here: http://goo.gl/maps/evFK (assuming I read the satellite view correctly). There's a easy-to-overlook side path that goes down a little gully and then up to the top of a grassy hill. There were also several singing Vesper and Clay-colored sparrows up there (and about 25 brown thrashers, or so it seemed).
Here's a recording of the Bell's from this morning: http://www.xeno-canto.org/102965 jonathon On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 3:27 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice find on the Bell's Vireo. If you could post the approximate location > within the SNA, I know many on the list serve would appreciate it. I'm > assuming it was in the willow thickets near the RR tunnel? > > Linda Sparling > Hennepin County > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathon Jongsma <[email protected]> > To: MOU-NET <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, Jun 2, 2012 12:36 pm > Subject: Re: [mou-net] Grey Cloud Dunes SNA and Afton State Park > > At grey cloud dunes this morning, most of those species and also a singing > Bell's Vireo and Orchard Orioles. > On 6/2/12 10:25 AM Pete Nichols wrote: > 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 > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html -- jonner ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
