September 8, 2012 Minnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeRapids Lake Unit7:00 - 10:15 am While leading a walk from the visitor center at the Rapids Lake unit this mourning, we observed an interesting mix of birds. We hiked the trail to the North of the visitor center for about 1. 5 miles. Here are a few of the species we observed on the walk. Trumpeter SwanSharp-shinned Hawk - 4Broad-winged Hawk - 2Caspian Tern - 2Yellow-billed CuckooBarred Owl - Heard only by several participantsChimney SwiftBelted KingfisherYellow-throated VireoBlue-headed VireoPhiladelphia VireoBlue-gray GnatcatcherSwainson's ThrushNashville WarblerCommon YellowthroatNorthern ParulaMagnolia WarblerBay-breasted WarblerBlackburnian WarblerYellow WarblerField Sparrow Craig MandelMinnetonka, Hennepin [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
