6/11 - 13/2014 Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter Father Hennepin State Park Field Trip Report Our group enjoyed some nice days of birding, in and around Father Hennepin State Park. We birded In Kanabec and Mille Lacs counties. We observed 101 species in the two counties, all of which are species that nest in the area. Here are some of the species our group observed: Trumpeter Swan - Kanabec county Common Goldeneye - Mille Lacs county - A female was observed with 13 babies, including one riding on her back. Ruffed Grouse - Kanabec county Least Bittern - Mille Lacs county - 10:40 am - Shakopee Lake boat access, which is located on the SW corner of the lake along CR 26. We observed or heard three Least Bitterns at this location. First spotted by Allen Loken and then the entire group. Several were observe flying across the open water at the boat access and also in the cattails on the East side of the boat access. Broad-winged Hawk Virginia Rail Common Tern - Mille Lacs county - Several were observed from Father Hennepin State park and a third Common Tern was observed from the Cove boat access. Black-billed Cuckoo - Mille Lacs county - One bird was heard on the West side of the Korsness pool of the Mille Lacs WMA. This area is located on the East side of CR 19, just South of 320th Ave. Merlin Peregrine Falcon Alder Flycatcher Common Raven - Mille Lacs & Kanabec counties Sedge Wren Marsh Wren Wood Thrush - Mille Lac county - Mille Lacs Kathio State park - Glacial Ridge Trail - A single Wood Thrush was heard at the half way point of the trail. Warblers - We observed 11 species of Warblers Ovenbird - Most abundant of the Warblers and heard in many locations in both counties Northern Waterthrush - Mille Lacs county - Mille Lacs Kathio State park - Glacial Ridge Trail - Three birds were heard along this trail and one was observed. Golden-winged Warbler - Both counties - While we were in lots of great looking habitat for this species we only observed three Golden-winged Warblers for the entire trip. Nashville Warbler Pine Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Purple Finch Craig Mandel Minnetonka, Hennepin County [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
