During the Minneapolis Community Ed Birding Class, two late Ovenbirds were seenaround 8:30-9 AM this morning (6 Oct) on the Mississippi Gorge Regional Park--Winchell Trail, Hennepin Co. The area the Ovenbirds were in can be accessed via a parking lot on West River Parkway where it intersects E 36th Street.
They were foraging on the south slope above the curved trail above where small stream flows through pipe. In mixed species flock. Great looks by all of class. Orange-crown bordered by black apparent as well as vertical blotchy striping on white breast. Bobbed tail and held it upright as foraged in leaf litter at base of trees. Also of note were two Nashville Warblers when I arrived at my home in St Paul (near Dayton Ave and Arundel on Cathedral Hill) around 10:30 AM. Looking up, Alex Cruz Hennepin and Ramsey Counties eBird list Mississippi Gorge Regional Park--Winchell Trail, Hennepin, US-MN Oct 6, 2012 8:00 AM - 10:15 AM 20 species Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1 Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) 1 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 3 Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1 Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 1 Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 1 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 2 White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 3 Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 2 Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 10 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 100 Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 2 Two foraging on ground in curve of trail above where small stream flows through pipe under trail. In mixed species flock. Great looks by all of class. Orange-crown bordered by black apparent as well as vertical blotchy striping on white breast. Bobbed tail and held it upright as foraged in leaf litter at base of trees. Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 10 White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 1 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 1 American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 2 Sent from my iPad ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
