I birded Veteran's Memorial Park today but did not find many migrants other than the usual local birds and of course a Black-crowned Night-heron in it's usual spot on the island nearest 66th St.
I moved on to Wood Lake Nature center and had a fairly good number of warblers and first of year birds. Most warblers were in the NE corner near the main entrance. A small water feature just south of the visitor center had a large number of bathing birds including numerous White-throated Sparrows, Eastern Towhee and a number of warblers including 2 Golden-winged and 1 Blue-winged Warblers bathing together. It was nice to finally hear the songs of warblers although a Clay-colored Sparrow, found high in the canopy presented a problematic song to the many Golden and Blue-winged Warblers. I didn't find the previously reported Prairie Warbler, although one photographer reported seeing the bird in the SE corner around 2:30 PM. Scott B. Meyer Hennepin County, Richfield ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
