>From 7:30-8:45 a.m. this morning, in spite of a stiff wind and some sleet/snow, I observed 37 species along the Mississippi River in South Minneapolis (33rd Street south to 36th Street, Edmund Boulevard east to the river, plus a brief walk two blocks west of Edmund Boulevard on 34th Street) (some common species omitted; FOY=first of year):
Tundra Swan 45 (latest spring migration date in 26 years of records for this area) Wood Duck 2 Common Merganser 10 Pied-billed Grebe 1 (rare on this reach of the Mississippi) Osprey 1 (FOY) (rare on this reach of the Mississippi) Bald Eagle 1 Ring-billed Gull 20+ Barred Owl 1 (sleeping by trail below river bluff, 30 feet up) Belted Kingfisher 1 (FOY) Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Eastern Phoebe 6 (feeding on sand at river's edge, 4 of them in one location) Tree Swallow 20+ (FOY) Brown Creeper 1 Winter Wren 1 (FOY) Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 (FOY) Hermit Thrush 1 (FOY) Am. Robin 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 (FOY) Fox Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 1 House Finch 1 (singing) Purple Finch 1 (singing) Common Redpoll 5 (also a pair at thistle feeder yesterday) Pine Siskin 2 Am. Goldfinch 2 Dave Zumeta ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
