Over the past 10 days or so migration has remained fairly consistent with a nice variety of species but not particularly high numbers most days. After a year break from going to Chaska Lake MVNWR, I decided to start checking that area again. It has not disappointed with lake levels having dropped faster than I thought they would and shorebirds present.
August 23 Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Northern Waterthrush 4 Black-and-white Warbler 2 Connecticut Warbler 1 male Common Yellowthroat 8 American Redstart 4 Cape May Warbler 2 Magnolia Warbler 1 Blackburnian Warbler 2 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 4 August 24 Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Ovenbird 1 Black-and-white Warbler 2 Mourning Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 5 American Redstart 2 Blackburnian Warbler 2 Pine Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Chaska Lake MVNWR Killdeer 8 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 2 Lesser Yelloelegs 10 Least Sandpiper 1 Black-and-white Warbler 3 Mourning Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 American Redstart 6 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Canada Warbler 1 August 25 Rapids Lake MVNWR Ovenbird 1 Northern Waterthrush 6 Black-and-white Warbler 4 Prothonotary Warbler 1 Tennessee Warbler 1 Mourning Warbler 1 female Common Yellowthroat 1 American Redstart 9 Yellow Warbler 1 immature Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Canada Warbler 1 female Chaska Lake MVNWR Spotted Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 2 Lesser Yellowlegs 14 Least Sandpiper 1 Pectoral Sandpiper 3 Alder/Willow Flycatcher 1 Ovenbird 1 Northern Waterthrush 2 Black-and-white Warbler 3 Mourning Warbler 1 male American Redstart 7 Magnolia Warbler 2 adult Canada Warbler 2 male August 26 Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Alder Flycatcher 2 Swainson's Thrush 2 Northern Waterthrush 1 Tennessee Warbler 2 Mourning Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 6 American Redstart 4 Magnolia Warbler 2 Blackburnian Warbler 2 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 3 Canada Warbler 5 August 27 Chaska Lake MVNWR Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 9 Lesser Yellowlegs 30 Least Sandpiper 3 Baird's Sandpiper 2 Pectoral Sandpiper 8 Red-necked Phalarope 1 Northern Waterthrush 2 Blue-winged Warbler 1 Golden-winged Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 3 Tennessee Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 1 Aamerican Redstart 11 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Canada Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 1 August 29 Chaska Lake MVNWR Greater Yellowlegs ~10 Lesser Yellowlegs ~25 Least Sandpiper 5 Baird's Sandpiper 1 Pectoral Sandpiper 18 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Black-and-white Warbler 2 Nashville Warbler 1 American Redstart 10 Yellow Warbler 1 female Chestnut-sided Warbler 3 Blackpoll Warbler 1 Canada Warbler 3 (2 male and 1 immature) Baltimore Oriole 2 Rapids Lake MVNWR American Woodcock 1 Northern Waterthrush 3 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Prothonotary Warbler 3 (male, female, and immature) Tennessee Warbler 1 Nashville Warbler 1 American Redstart 12 Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Blackpoll Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 3 (1 male and 2 female) Baltimore Oriole 1 male August 31 Rapids Lake MVNWR Barred Owl 1 Ovenbird 2 Northern Waterthrush 2 Golden-winged Warbler 1 male Black-and-white Warbler 2 Tennessee Warbler 3 Common Yellowthroat 7 American Redstart 16 Magnolia Warbler 1 adult Blackburnian Warbler 1 male Yellow Warbler 1 female Chestnut-sided Warbler 3 Canada WArbler 2 (male and immature) Wilson's Warbler 5 (2 male and 3 female) September 1 Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Great Horned Owl 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Tennessee Warbler 1 Nashville Warbler 3 Connecticut Warbler 1 male Mourning Warbler 3 (1 male and 2 female) Common Yellowthroat 10 American Redstart 9 Yellow Warbler 1 female Chestnut-sided Warbler 3 Canada Warbler 1 female Wilson's Warbler 4 (2 male and 2 female) Chaska Lake MVNWR Lesser Yellowlegs 8 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 Ovenbird 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Tennessee Warbler 5 Nashville Warbler 3 Common Yellowthroat 4 American Redstart 15 Magnolia Warbler 6 Chestnut-sided Warbler 5 Canada Warbler 3 (1 male and 2 female) Baltimore Oriole 2 male September 2 Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 Ovenbird 1 Northern Waterthrush 3 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Tennessee Warbler 1 male Nashville Warbler 2 Mourning Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 6 American Redstart 4 Bay-breasted Warbler 1 male Blackburnian Warbler 2 (adult and immature) Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Scarlet Tanager 1 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html