Spent most of last week in Pope and Douglas Counties but got in very little
birding due to weather and family obligations (celebrating my mother’s 100th
birthday).
Lake Latoka in Alexandria – for 4 days, the lawn was covered with more than 40
Yellow-rumped Warblers and a few others (Palm, Black-and-White, and Yellow).
While the existence of Yellow-rumps was not remarkable, their close proximity
to the house was and provided the best opportunity to introduce the grand-kids
to the “little gray and yellow birds” we have had in a long time. The warblers
were hawking insects right off the windows giving the kids a close up view –
great!
Also on the lawn –
- 5 Spotted Sandpipers
- Chipping Sparrows
- Robins
- Mallards.
On Lake Latoka –
- 3 Common Loons
- 3 Horned Grebes
- 1 Pied-billed Grebe
- 3 White Pelicans
- a pair of terns (I think they were Caspians).
On the way home in the rain on Monday –
Lake Minnewaska -
- Pair of Loons
- a single Loon in non-breeding plumage
South of Glenwood –
- a pair of Bald Eagles in a tree
- Gray-cheeked Thrush
- Swainson’s Thrush
- many pairs of Blue-winged Teal and Wood Ducks
- Spotted Sandpipers
- Yellowlegs sp
- Redhead
- Killdeer
- Palm, Yellow, Yellow-rumped Warblers
And the bird of the day – and a new Pope County bird for us – Blackpoll Warbler!
Sid Stivland
Plymouth MN (and Pope County)
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