While sitting in my dry, warm living room this morning, having my morning coffee and watching the rain and wet birds at my feeders, a wave of warblers came in. I had 9 warbler species in 30 min.; Black and White, Blackpoll, Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Tennessee, Nashville, Pine, Palm, and Wilsons.
I also saw 2 Harris's Sparrows and a first for my yard and Beltrami County, a Northern Cardinal. I have been waiting for one to appear for over 30 years! I know others have seen them up here but it was an exciting first for me. I have at least 30 Pine Siskins at my feeders right now, as well as 6 male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and 2-3 females. I can remember years ago when a Rose-breasted Grosbeak was unheard of up here and we still had lots of Evening Grosbeaks around. I also have 2 male and 2 female Baltimore Orioles enjoying my oranges and grape jelly. Pat DeWenter Beltrami County ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
