May 8, 2016 Minnesota Valley National 1Wildlife Refuge Bloomington Visitor Center Bird Walk Summary 8:00 - 10:30 am The birding began very slowly on this walk, with very few birds along the upper trails by the Visitor Center. But picked up along the Hill side trail and the Long Meadow Lake trail. 12 species of Warblers were seen or heard, Including Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Golden-winged, Blue-winged, Black-and-white, Nashville and Black-throated Green Warbler. A few Sparrows were also observed, but many of the nesting birds have yet to arrive. Here are some of the species observed on the walk: Blue-winged Teal Wild Turkey Bald Eagle - near its nest Solitary Sandpiper Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Gray Catbird Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Golden-winged Warbler Blue-winged Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Yellow Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Craig Mandel [email protected] Upcoming MVNWR Bird Walks: May 9 - 8:00 am - Rapids Lake Education & Visitor Center May 14 - 8:30 am - Louisville Swamp Unit May 15 - 8:00 - Bloomington Education & Visitor Center May 21 - 9:00 am - 7:00 pm - Various birding related activities at the Bloomington Education & Visitor Center June 4 - 8:30 am - Rapids Lake Education & Visitor Center ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
