Saturday, May 11, 8:30 a.m., several of us relocated the singing Yellow-throated Warbler by the Whitewater State Park nature store parking lots, enjoying views from as close as 15 feet while the bird foraged along branches and sang. It was on the picnic grounds side of the parking lot toward the Whitewater River and swimming beach. Later yesterday morning, we also saw four Louisiana Waterthrush in several locations along the Whitewater River and a small tributary in the vicinity of the group campground. Other somewhat surprising sightings included a flyover Pine Siskin, and, at the state park headquarters feeders, an adult Red-headed Woodpecker coming to the feeder. The feeders were incredible, with outstanding views of 1 Lincoln's Sparrow, 2 White-crowned Sparrows, 3 female Purple Finches, plus 12+ Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and several Northern Orioles at once and many other species. Mid-afternoon yesterday had a Horned Grebe on a flooded area north of Rt. 74 several miles east of Alba.
Dave Zumeta, Minneapolis ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
