Until today the past few weeks have been fairly uneventful when it comes to
migrants outside of shorebirds. There have been a couple here and there, but
it looks like yesterday's frontal passage has ushered in more migrant
songbirds. Over the past few weeks I tried to stay fairly consistent checking
for shorebirds in the New Germany area. My focus will now shift away from
shorebirds though. Below are highlights/counts from the past few weeks. I
spent a little over 5 hours at Rapids Lake this morning with activity starting
out a bit slow(beside some of the regulars and Northern Waterthrush) and
picking up mid and late morning. It took me almost 2 hours to turn up my
first vireo today....though there weren't many vireo that I could find.
Saturday July 27 Rapids Lake MVNWR
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Prothonotary Warbler 1 male
Tennessee Warbler 2 male
Thursday August 1 Rapids Lake MVNWR
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 heard only
Great Horned Owl 2
Prothonotary Warbler 2 female
Tennessee Warbler 1 (likely a female)
New Germany area
Killdeer
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 15
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3
Least Sandpiper 8
Pectoral Sandpiper 40+
Red-headed Woodpecker 2
Friday August 2
Killdeer
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Saturday August 3
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 26
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3
Least Sandpiper 2
Pectoral Sandpiper 75
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1
Unidentified shorebird species ~60
Sunday August 4
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 15
Semipalmated Sandpiper 10
Least Sandpiper 30
Pectoral Sandpiper 75
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 4
Unidentifed shorebirds ~50
Tuesday August 6 Rapids Lake MVNWR
Northern Waterthrush 1
New Germany area
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs 20
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 4
Pectoral Sandpiper 11
Stilt Sandpiper 3
Saturday August 10
Killdeer
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 7
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Sunday August 11 Rapids Lake MVNWR
Prothonotary Warbler 2 male
Mourning Warbler 1
New Germany area
Killdeer
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 23
Least Sandpiper 14
Tuesday August 13
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Semipalmated Sandpiper ~15
Least Sandpiper 16
Pectoral Sandpiper 8
Unidentified peep species ~50
Unidentified shorebird species ~25
Wednesday August 14
Killdeer ~30
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 17
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 4
Stilt Sandpiper 4
Unidentified peep species 2
Thursday August 15 Carver Park Reserve
Olive-sided Flycatcher 2
Scarlet Tanager 2
New Germany area
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 12
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2
Least Sandpiper 7
Baird's Sandpiper 4
Pectoral Sandpiper 12
Stilt Sandpiper 9
Short-billed Dowitcher 2
Saturday August 17
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 18
Semipalmated Sandpiper 20
Least Sandpiper 45
Baird's Sandpiper 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 48
Stilt Sandpiper 3
Short-billed Dowitcher 2
Unidentifed shorebirds ~100
Sunday August 18 Rapids Lake MVNWR
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 4
Olive-sided Flycatcher 2
Alder Flycatcher 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Canada Warbler 1
New Germany area
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 18
Sanderling 1
Semipalmated Sanadpiper 3
Least Sandpiper 25
Baird's Sandpiper 6
Pectoral Sandpiper 30
Stilt Sandpiper 6
Unidentifed shorebirds ~70
Monday August 19
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 7
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3
Least Sandpiper 30
Baird's Sandpiper 2
Pectoral Sandpiper 44
Stilt Sandpiper 3
Unidentifed shorebirds ~30
Tuesday August 20
Sora 1 juvenile
Killdeer
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 9
Semipalmated Sandpiper 4
Least Sandpiper 17
Baird's Sandpiper 3
Pectoral Sandpiper 52
Stilt Sandpiper 4
Unidentifed shorebirds ~30
Thursday August 22 Rapids Lake MNVWR
Osprey 1 (not all that commonly seen at Rapids Lake, likely a migrant)
Bald Eagle 4
Cooper's Hawk 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 6
Eastern Wood-Pewee 5
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Alder Flycatcher 2
Willow Flycatcher 4
Least Flycatcher 3
Alder/Willow Flycatcher 2
Empid species 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Purple Martin
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
House Wren 12
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Swainson's Thrush 1
Ovenbird 2
Northern Waterthrush 13
Golden-winged Warbler 2 (male and female)
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-White Warbler 6
Prothonotary Warbler 1 female
Tennessee Warbler 2
Mourning Warbler 1 male
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 14
Blackburnian Warbler 1 adult
Yellow Warbler 4
Chestnut-sided Warbler 5
Canada Warbler 3 (1 male and 2 female)
Wilson's Warbler 2 female
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 8
Indigo Bunting 8
Baltimore Oriole 2
John Cyrus
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