In my infinite wisdom I checked radar early this morning and didn't think it
looked so bad. At the time it wasn't, but as soon as I got to Rapids Lake the
radar really filled in. I waited the first round of storms out and birded for
an hour in light showers until storms rolled on in again. I wasn't really
willing to stray too far from my car in those conditions(several cloud to
ground lightning strikes within a mile or two of the visitor center) and was
only able to pick up 9 warbler species. The most surprising species was a
flock of around 25 Pine Siskin at the visitor center feeders.
As the rain was wrapping up I went out to Carver Park Reserve later in the
morning and birded for 4 hours into the mid-afternoon hour. Activity was high
during the entire 4 hour stretch despite the time of day likely due to the
morning rain. Select counts of 80 species for Carver Park are below.
Turkey Vulture 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Alder/Willow Flycatcher 1
Least Flycatcher 6
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 3
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Philadelphia Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 6
House Wren 5
Sedge Wren 2
Marsh Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6 (surprisingly few still)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Swainson's Thrush 1
Ovenbird 3
Northern Waterthrush 7
Golden-winged Warbler 2 (male and female)
Blue-winged Warbler 5
Black-and-white Warbler 5 (2 male and 3 female)
Tennessee Warbler ~25 (male and female)
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 10
American Redstart ~40 (including many female)
Cape May Warbler 3 (1 male and 2 female)
Northern Parula 1 male
Magnolia Warbler 11 (7 male and 4 female)
Blackburnian Warbler 4 (3 male and 1 female)
Yellow Warbler ~20
Chestnut-sided Warbler 7 (4 male and 3 female)
Blackpoll Warbler 41 (23 male and 18 female, good to great looks at all
birds(mid level or lower), likely more than count(several likely birds flew
before being able to identify))
Palm Warbler 13
Yellow-rumped Warbler ~20
Black-throated Green Warbler 2 male
Wilson's Warbler 3 male
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Scarlet Tanager 1 male
Bobolink ~12 (male and female)
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