I went to the Carlton Arboretum today with my 4-year-old daughter. It was a great experience with plenty of birds and nice weather. We stayed for over two hours and saw a large number of species including: Lincoln's Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, Blue-headed Vireo, many Nashville, Orange-crowned, Black-and-white, and Yellow-rumped Warblers, a Yellow Warbler, a Least Flycatcher, many Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, a pair of Barred Owls awake at midday, and plenty of other good birds. I missed on the Kentucky and the Prothonotary Warblers but Alex Sundvall apparently got the Kentucky Warbler just after I left. If you park at 2nd and Oak and walk down to the first bridge the bird was along the dirt trail to the right on the far side of the bridge near a large fallen log. We had searched this area before and did not see the bird so it could take some effort to find. I'm glad he got it (lifer for him I think). I have now missed all three of the birds I have gone after this spring that would have been state birds for me: Mute Swan, Cinnamon Teal, and Kentucky Warbler but on each occasion the birding has been very enjoyable and it's great to get my young daughter outside! No regrets.
Happy spring migration! Jason Caddy Minneapolis [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
