Had a great afternoon birding Dodge Nature Center on this sunny and mild spring day. The whole park is wet. slushy, muddy mess but the birds don's seem to mind in the least. Had some first-o'-years (FOYs) like:
- Eastern Phoebe (2): First one seen by stucco farmhouse on east parking area. Surprised to see! - Golden-crowned Kinglet (3): Foraging low and singing loudly. Was able to get great views. Against snow, the hints of moss green in their plumage really shown. - Fox Sparrow (1): In buckthorn pile in NW part of park. Other cool birds included: - Northern Harrier (1 male): Seen briefly soaring low over main pond with boardwalk. - Brown Creeper (7): spread throughout park in noisy (for creepers) small groups - Common Redpoll (1): One flew over calling "jhip, jhip". Looking up, Alex Cruz Ramsey Co, MN Here's a link to my eBird report<http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13573566> ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
