The first few migrant warbler have begun moving through Carver County for the fall. On August 6 I saw a Nashville Warbler and a female Canada Warbler at Rapids Lake MVNWR. On August 7 I saw a Northern Waterthrush and 2 Wilson's Warbler at the landscape arboretum. Fall arrival dates are pretty normal for the Nashville Wabler and Northern Waterthrush, but the Canada and Wilson's Warbler were 5-7 days earlier than my previous earliest arrival date for those species. Anybody wondering about my lack of shorebird posts this past July compared to the past few years, there have been a small number of shorebirds stopping over in Carver County this past month but nothing like the past few years. You can't see shorebirds if there isn't habitat. There has generally been either too much water(in spots that need dry conditions) or too little water(in spots that need wet conditions. And while we did get a lot of rain in July, we need that rain to occur in May and June so that crops do not mask any flooded fields.
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