Fall migration continues to progress here in Carver County. Since the solid start to primary warbler migration here on August 14, warbler numbers have been good most days the past few weeks.
Warbler species seen per day August 14- 8 (at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum) August 16- 8 (at the arboretum) August 17- 11 (at the arboretum and Carver Park Reserve) August 18- 12 (at Carver Park Reserve) August 19- 4 (at the arboretum) August 20- 15 (at the arboretum, Carver Park Reserve, and Rapids Lake MVNWR) August 21- 14 (at Carver Park Reserve and Rapids Lake MVNWR) August 23- 15 (at the arboretum and Rapids Lake MVNWR) August 25- 15 (at Carver Park Reserve and Rapids Lake MVNWR) August 26- 10 (at the arboretum) August 27- 14 (at Carver Park Reserve and Rapids Lake MVNWR) August 28- 14 (at Carver Park Reserve) August 29- 3 (briefly at the arboretum) August 30- 15 (at Carver Park Reserve) August 31- 16 (at Carver Park Reserve) September 1- 14 (at Carver Park Reserve) September 2- 20 (at Rapids Lake MVNWR) September 3- 16 (at Rapids Lake MVNWR) September 4- 17 (at Rapids Lake MVNWR) Cumulative warbler totals this fall through September 4 American Redstart 217 Common Yellowthroat 196 Tennessee Warbler 129 Nashville Warbler 128 Chestnut-sided Warbler 107 Black-and-white Warbler 77 Canada Warbler 49 Magnolia Warbler 46 Blackburnian Warbler 43 Golden-winged Warbler 41 Ovenbird 37 Northern Waterthrush 33 Wilson's Warbler 31 Blue-winged Warbler 20 (many more than past falls after a slow start this fall finding these) Yellow Warbler 20 (low number but not surprising considering how early the dispersed from their territories) Mourning Warbler 12 Northern Parula 8 Bay-breasted Warbler 6 Black-throated Green Warbler 5 Blackpoll Warbler 5 Brewster's Warbler 2 Pine Warbler 2 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Connecticut Warbler 1 As for other birds, the most unusual bird so far this fall unfortunately for me was basically a heard only Bell's Vireo at Carver Park on August 28. He was singing repeatedly and I likely saw him fly from some scrub into a thicket, but he would not cooperate otherwise. As is the case elsewhere across the Midwest, it appears to be an outbreak year for Red-breasted Nuthatch. Flycatcher numbers have been relatively good with what seemed to be more Eastern Kingbird lingering into late August than usual. Vireo numbers have also been good so far this fall. I have only seen single Veery, Swainson's, and Gray-cheeked Thrush, but I normally don't see a lot of thrush this early. If this fall progresses like last year, then I expect another week to 10 days of the best warbler variety. After that it should drop off. As it is the majority of certain species have moved on from the area for the year. John Cyrus ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
