Birds (partial list) on the Prairie's Edge Wildlife Drive Monday, June 10, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Canada Goose - several pairs with goslings Trumpeter Swan - teenager flock of 15+ on Stickney Pool Mallard Blue-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Hooded Merganser Common Loon - nesting on Bergerson Pool) American White Pelican - flock of about 40 soaring over the drive Bald Eagle - Bergerson nest eaglet is probably only a week from fledging Common Gallinule - Big Bluestem Pool - traditional site (seen and heard by visitor who originally found them) Sandhill Crane - teenager flock hanging out, as well as a pair with colt Black tern - just one bird, not nesting - water is very high in their "usual" nesting pool Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Wood-Pewee Alder Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Warbling & Red-eyed Vireos Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Catbird & Brown Thrasher Cedar Waxwing Golden-winged Warbler Black-and-white Warbler (singing about 1 block past the Stickney bald eagle nest) Eastern Towhee Clay-colored, field, vesper, lark, grasshopper, LeConte's, song and swamp sparrows Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Eastern & Western Meadowlarks Orchard Oriole (singing and flying between 3 oak trees on the north side of the road, just past the 6.5 mile sign (which is backwards for people driving IN) American Goldfinch - Lots There was quite a bit of action, despite the fact that I was out there in the middle of the day. The black-and-white warbler was a nice surprise. WILDFLOWERS blooming now: Lupine (awesome by the Prairie Trail) Hoary Puccoon Columbine Wild Geranium Blue-eyed Grass Penstemon - NOT blooming - another week or so Wild Rose - just starting Spiderwort - just starting Betsy Beneke Sherburne NWR ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
