5/16/17 Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Bass Ponds Trailhead 8 - 11:00 am Field trip Report
After a 40 minute rain delay our group turned up some fun birds at the Bass Ponds today. My favorites were the Willow Flycatcher and Spring plumaged Bobolink. Here are a few of the species observed by our group: Northern Shoveler - pair observed on Long Meadow Lake. Broad-winged Hawk Virginia Rail - Heard only Sora Heard only Chimney Swift Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Northern Waterthrush, Tennessee, Nashville, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Magnolia and Yellow Warblers. Clay-colored Sparrow Bobolink Yellow-headed Blackbird - Heard and seen on Long Meadow Lake. Note a complete list of the birds observed on our walk can be found on the EBird Web site. Here are the dates of some upcoming MNWR bird walks. The walks begin at 8:00 am and there is no fee for the walk. June 12 - Bass Ponds June 17 - Louisville Swamp Unit June 19 - Bass Ponds These walks begin at 8:00 am. MRVAC Field Trips: June 1, 2 - Western Minnesota Birding Days June 4 - Dakota County Prairie Birds - 7:00 am - Steve Weston June 5 - Murphy-Hanrehan Regional Park - 7:00 am For more information on these walks please contact me. 952-240-7647 Craig Mandel Hennepin County - Minnetonka [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
