If you ever bike the Cannon Valley Trail and think, "This would be a great place for birding," now is the time to do it. The trail from Welch to Red Wing is closed to bicyclists and skaters because of storm damage, but you can walk on it. And you don't have to worry about bikes whizzing past or getting in their way. I was there for several hours yesterday and found Yellow Warblers, Blue-winged Warblers, a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, a Pileated Woodpecker, and at least six Scarlet Tanagers, along with the usual Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Gray Catbirds, Eastern Wood Peewees, American Goldfinches, at least 100 Redstarts, etc.
Drive into Welch from the north. You can cross the bridge, which is open to local traffic. Drive on to the trail entrance east of the ski slopes. Gerry Hoekstra Northfield ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
