This morning was the first morning of Marsh bird and Duck Surveys for my summer job. I didn’t realize it would start off with quite a bang though!
At Struck WPA, I flushed a Nelson’s Sparrow, which briefly perched before disappearing allowing me to see its dark medial crown stripe. This would be a first county record. At Hutchinson WPA, I had a Yellow-billed Cuckoo calling in the woodlot there, which would be a second county record, as well as a Golden-winged Warbler singing, which would be a 5th County record. Also of note was a Northern Parula singing, which is listed as “occasional.” The Cuckoo flew away unfortunately, but the Nelson’s Sparrow should still be around from what I could tell. Tonight looks like a nice night for migration however, and I don’t really expect either species to stick around after that, the habitats weren’t sublime for either species. Struck WPA Nelson’s Sparrow: (45.7261038,-95.9016702) Hutchinson WPA woodlot birds: (45.7404400,-95.8848628) Happy Birding, Alex Sundvall (Of Stevens County until August) Sent from my iPhone ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
