September 17, 2012 While leading a walk for the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, this mourning. We were able to relocate one of the Nelson's Sparrows reported by Linda Whyte yesterday afternoon. The bird was observed to the South of the observation platform, which is West of the parking area. Here are some of the other species observed on the walk: Trumpeter SwanGreen-winged TealGreen HeronCooper's HawkBroad-winged HawkSoraBarred OwlRuby-throated HummingbirdEastern Wood-PeweeYellow-throated VireoBlue-headed VireoMarsh WrenGolden-crowned KingletRuby-crowned KingletSwainson's ThrushNorthern WaterthrushBlack-and-white WarblerTennessee WarblerOrange-crowned WarblerNashville WarblerCommon YellowthroatNorthern ParulaMagnolia WarblerChestnut-sided WarblerNelson's SparrowLincoln's SparrowSwamp SparrowScarlet TanagerRose-breasted Grosbeak 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

