While some friends were watching my daughter I checked out the west end of the Robert Bird Sanctuary for migrants. In a clearing the trees and bushes were full of warblers and other birds. I really enjoyed watching a 1st year Northern Parula and male Golden-winged Warbler bath with a couple of chickadees. There were seven species of warbler with the most notable being a striking male Blue-winged Warbler which is a species I rarely see in fall migration. There were also two vireo species, a Swainson's Thrush, White-throated Sparrows and a Brown Thrasher. I left the area and came back twenty minutes later at around 5:30pm to find that all of the migrants had left and the place was mostly quiet. Pretty cool to be able to watch birds with a live orchestra blaring in the background. Jason Caddy, Minneapolis [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
