In addition to some recent mou-net postings from NE Minnesota, here are some additional specifics from the past few days that may be useful to visiting birders….
Park Point - At least 1 Red-throated Loon still present 5 June: on L Superior side @ 31st Street/Lafayette Square. - Still a few shorebirds present, but I don't think Tom Auer's Piping Plover or Mike Furtman's Red Knot have been seen since June 1. A few migrant warblers still lingering in the rain/fog/cold, but far fewer than last week after the weather cleared on June 2-3. Sax-Zim Bog - At least 5 Great Gray Owls (and probably more) present, with the most recent sightings I've heard of on 4 June: Admiral Rd, ~3 mi N of Sax Rd (Brian Gibbons); and CR 7, ~2.5 mi N of Sax Rd (Dave Larson & Dave Weaver). - Black-backed Woodpecker best looked for recently on McDavitt Rd: seen by Gibbons ~3 mi N of Sax Rd (4 June). - Boreal Chickadees consistently present the past few weeks (incl 4 June) on Arkola Rd, 1 mi E of Owl Ave or 1.5 mi W of Stickney Rd. - Connecticut Warbler: at least 5 recent locations, incl a cooperative singing male at the Oxbow Rd jct with CR 25, 0.7 mi N of Zim Rd (4 June, Gibbons). Lake County - Great Gray Owl on Whyte Rd, 0.4 mi E of Stony River Forest Rd (2 June). - Boreal Chickadees unusually numerous this summer, with birds at 5 locations on 2 June: on Stoney River Forest Rd between Forest Rd 11 and Whyte Rd, and on Whyte Rd E of Stony River Forest Rd. - As others have noted, warblers and other passerines have been relatively quiet in NE Minn; however, 18 warbler species were found on territory on 2 June along the Stony River & Whyte roads and Forest Rd 102, most notably 2 singing Bay-breasteds (Forest Rd 102, @ 1.8 N and 6.1 mi N of Whyte Rd). Hope this helps. I assume other birders who have been out this week have some additional sightings of note that I'm unaware of. Kim R Eckert [email protected] http://www.mbwbirds.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
