Birded Dodge Nature Center this morning (9/9/12). It was a beautiful but rather quiet morning for birds. There was a small and cooperative mixed species flock SE of red barn which is near the southern entrance. Highlights were first of year (FOY) Blue-headed Vireo and Bay-breasted Warbler foraging with first of season (FOS) Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Cape May Warbler.
Looking up, Alex Cruz, Jr Ramsey Co, MN 29 species Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 1 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 1 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2 Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 2 Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) 1 Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 3 Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 1 First sighting of the year, part of small mixed-species flock SE of red barn near southern entrance. Beautifully patterned individual foraging low with BbWa, CsWA, CMWa. Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 3 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 1 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 10 Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 2 Heard and saw briefly. White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 3 First of season. Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) 1 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 1 Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 2 Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1 Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 2 American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 1 Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) 1 Part of small mixed-species flock SE of red barn near southern entrance. Did quick sketch. Associating with BbWa which was proportionally beefier with heavier bill. Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) 1 Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) 1 First sighting of the year. Part of small mixed-species flock SE of red barn near southern entrance. Beautiful bird with pale orangish wash on flanks. Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) 1 Part of small mixed-species flock SE of red barn near southern entrance. Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) 1 American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 5 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
