Hello Birders! Migration is happening! Spring is blossoming! Are you ready for a birding trip?
Come bird with MOU trip leader Kevin Smith at Miesville Ravine on Saturday, April 12, 2014 to look for early migrants at the park. The group will meet me at 8:00 am at the south parking lot by the Cannon River. No park sticker is required for Dakota County Parks. Drive to this part of the park by taking 280th Street a little over 4 miles east off of Hwy 20 (Cannon Falls Blvd). The tour will start in the deciduous forest along the Cannon River & Trout Brook. Then check out at least one native prairie area and the edge habitat. Target species expected include early season migrants like Winter Wren, both Kinglet species, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Eastern Phoebe, Hermit Thrush and Yellow-rumped Warbler are good possibilities in the lowland forest. Wood Duck & Hooded Merganser are possible in the streams. The edges along the prairies we are hopeful that we can find several species of migratory sparrows along with the expected Song & Chipping. If interested, please contact Kevin by email to ask questions or just let him know you will be there. Contacting me beforehand is not required. ( [email protected]). Kevin will be there even if it rains. After birding at Miesville Ravine we may check for waterfowl or shorebirds at the western end of Lake Byllesby. (a scope is very helpful here) -- Sincerely, Jim Ryan Saint Paul's Westside ---- Measure yourself by your best moments, not by your worst. We are too prone to judge ourselves by our moments of despondency and depression.- Robert Johnson<http://www.famousquotesandauthors.com/authors/robert_johnson_quotes.html> <http://www.famousquotesandauthors.com/authors/robert_johnson_quotes.html>Courage can't see around corners, but goes around them anyway.- Mignon McLaughlin<http://www.famousquotesandauthors.com/authors/mignon_mclaughlin_quotes.html> ---- ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
