On Wednesday, July 15, I observed 70 species in Washington County (Pine Bend Bluffs Scientific and Natural Area [SNA]: east side of Highway 95 < 1 mile south of the Chisago County line, and Wm. O'Brien State Park) and Anoka County (Boot Lake Scientific and Natural Area and nearby sections of Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area [WMA]). Noteworthy sightings at Pine Bend Bluffs SNA included 6 singing Acadian Flycatchers, 3 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 1 Louisiana Waterthrush (not singing), and 1 singing Pine Warbler. Noteworthy sightings at Wm. O' Brien State Park, all of them near the Group Campground parking lot about 200 feet west of the St. Croix River, included 1 male Prothonotary Warbler feeding a fledgling in the same vicinity as 1 adult Pine Warbler. There are very few places in Minnesota where these two species occur together in July. In the adjacent woods were 2 adult Ovenbirds (one singing) with fledglings nearby. A male Black-and-White-Warbler was singing in full view in the tamarack bog at Boot Lake SNA, and 10+ Black Terns were present at several different locations at Carlos Avery WMA. If you go to Pine Bend Bluffs SNA, be prepared for deer ticks, and be prepared for a lot of mosquitos and deer flies at Boot Lake SNA.
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