Had a glorious early morning birding Dodge Nature Center in Dakota County. Migrants were spread throughout the park but best warbler spot was in the southwest part of park: West of red barn, on trail that heads west into woods ( trail W) where it intersects with trail H. I don't think I have ever seen so many Northern Waterthrush. Other highlights were great looks at a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, lots of Ovenbirds, and a beautiful Canada Warbler.
Looking up, Alex Cruz Ramsey Co *eBird list follows:* Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 7 Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 14 Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 2 Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1 Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) 1 Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) 1 Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1 Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 14 Common throughout especially where there was jewelweed. Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 5 Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 3 Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 2 Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) 1 Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) 1 "re-beeer!" call Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) 2 Liquid "hwit" calls. Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) 1 Empidonax sp. (Empidonax sp.) 1 Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 1 Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) 1 Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 6 Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 5 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 1 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 5 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 15 White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 4 House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 3 Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) 2 Veery (Catharus fuscescens) 1 Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) 6 Catharus sp. (Catharus sp.) 5 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 14 Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 17 Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 25 Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 7 Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) 6 Best warbler spot was in the southwest part of park: West of red barn, on trail that heads west into woods ( trail W) where it intersects with trail H. Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 7 Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) 1 Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) 1 Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1 American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 14 Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) 3 Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) 1 Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 2 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 4 Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) 1 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) 7 Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 2 American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 10 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
