Last week as I was driving along I-694 in Brooklyn Park, I watched as a Coopers Hawk flew across the highway at about 10 feet above the road through the traffic. After she crossed my side, she hesitated and flew higher to cross above the speeding trucks going the other way. I marveled at her skill, but I figured I was the only one who noticed.
On Sunday morning I was joined by eight others for a peaceful walk through deep woods near the Canon River bottoms near Redwing. It was quiet. Best birds were at least two singing Cerulean Warblers and a couple of Yellow throated Vireos. After that walk, we headed over to Miesville Ravine, which was similarly quiet. We did find a few more warblers there adding Black & White and Blue-winged. We also watched as an Olive-sided Flycatcher hawked insects from the bare branches of a high perch. An interesting addition to the few singers was the song of the Gray Treefrog. I thought it was interesting that we only heard Gray Treefrogs and none of the Copes Gray Treefrog, which was more common earlier in the season. We also found large Bobcat tracks along the first trail. Butterflies included Swallow-tails and a Great Spangled Fritillary. We also found a brillant Ruby Meadowhawk dragonfly. Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN [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
