Amazingly birdy day from my office window overlooking my “work patch”, the marsh/woodlands at the NE quadrant of Louisiana and Excelsior in St Louis Park. Saw about 30 species with highlights being 7 warbler species (with FOS Palm and Orange-crowned), Blue-headed Vireo (always a favorite), and a new patch bird, a Red-breasted Nuthatch!
Hope you had a chance to enjoy the mix of migrants and residents influenced by the overnight weather front. My e-bird list is at end of this message. Looking up, Alex Cruz, Jr Hennepin and Ramsey Counties Methodist Hospital Wetlands, Hennepin, US-MN Sep 17, 2012 8:15 AM - 5:15 PM Comments: Birding from work window and boardwalk. 31 species (+1 other taxa) duck sp. (Anatinae sp.) 1 Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 1 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1 Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1 Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1 Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 2 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2 Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 2 Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) 1 Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 1 Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 1 Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 5 Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 1 New bird for patch. White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 1 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 1 Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 3 Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) 1 Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) 1 First of season. Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) 1 Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 5 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 1 First of season. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 2 Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) 1 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2 White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 1 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 3 American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 1 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
