I was surprised and pleased this morning around 7AM to find a singing male Connecticut just east of the nature center building. The bird was on either side, and occasionally on, the trail that runs N-S between the building and the pond. Happily the bird stayed in the area long enough for me to get my wife over at 7:30 and still see it, and even cooperated for several other birders who came by later, including Scott Meyer. The last we saw or heard the bird was probably around 11AM, I am guessing. Despite occasional joggers on the trail through the AM, he continued to be in the area, and sang frequently. We plan to return this evening, as this spot was on fire for warblers all AM. The small hill just to the south with all of the oaks was particularly productive, with many chestnut-sideds, blackburnians, black-throated greens, bay-breasted, canadas, and much more. I've never seen this locale so chock full of warblers in the many years I've been birding here.
Three empid species were also singing in this spot (Least, Yellow-bellied, and Alder), and further south in the grassy open areas north of Hyland Lake I found a singing Willow. C'mon Acadian!! Good birding, -Michael ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
