Hi birders, JoAnn Stark, Noel Paukert, my wife JoAnn, and I birded the wildlife drive at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge around mid-day yesterday. Highlights included a male Gadwall and Caspian Tern on the first pond when you turn left to enter the the drive.
We walked the half-mile woodland trail and the number of warblers was unbelievable. There were so many active near the ground and at eye-level that they provided good viewing in spite of the poor light due to the heavy cloud cover and occasional mist and light rain. We observed 15 warbler species as well as an Olive-sided Flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, and Yellow-throated Vireo. Warblers observed: Blue-winged Black-and-white Tennessee Nashville Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Magnolia Bay-breasted Blackburnian Yellow Chestnut-sided Blackpoll Yellow-rumped Black-throated Green Wilson’s Good Birding, Paul Gunderson Big Lake Township Sherburne 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
