The bird population seemed to have changed dramatically after Monday's rains. At Roberts sanctuary in Minneapolis in particular, the Palm and Orange-crowned and most of the Yellow-rumped Warblers that had been hanging around were gone, along with the big numbers of Northern Waterthrush. Species that had been scarce or not present were more apparent: e.g. many Chestnut-sided and more Canada than I've seen (also at the Old Cedar Ave. Bridge and Veterans), Red-eyed Vireos and the first wood pewee, and several Mourning Warblers. Philadelphia Vireo and Yellow-bellied Flycatcher were also present, and the regular Tuesday group led by Julie Brophy and Chris also found a Connecticut Warbler on the west side near the stream. Still a surprisingly small number of Tennessee Warblers around town, and of Warbling Vireos.
It will be interesting to hear what happened elsewhere, and see what develops for the rest of migration. Stephen Greenfield, with Tom Tustison and Mark Mulhollam Minneapolis <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
