Great morning birding at Riverside Park in St. Paul Park. Full list below but heres some highlights:
Golden Eagle (flyover) Carolina Wren (heard only) 9 Winter Wren (conservatively) 15 + Hermit Thrush 6 Eastern Phoebe 25 + Golden-crowned Kinglet Full details: Riverside Park (Saint Paul Park, Washington County) Apr 7, 2019 9:48 AM Traveling 1.42 miles 168 Minutes All birds reported? Yes 2 Canada Goose 6 Wood Duck 3 Blue-winged Teal 8 Mallard 2 Killdeer 1 Ring-billed Gull 2 gull sp. 3 Turkey Vulture 1 Golden Eagle -- Adult. Got good views for about 30 seconds. 2 Bald Eagle 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 3 Northern Flicker 1 Merlin 6 Eastern Phoebe 6 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 15 Black-capped Chickadee 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch 10 White-breasted Nuthatch 4 Brown Creeper 9 Winter Wren -- Visual on 5, heard many others at various locations. 1 Carolina Wren -- Heard only. I wasn’t sure what I was hearing initially but after a “phone a friend” (thanks Peter Nichols) I was certain it was CAWR”. Tried to get an audio recording, I couldn’t get it to call back though. 25 Golden-crowned Kinglet 7 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 Eastern Bluebird 15 Hermit Thrush -- Hard count, likely more. 8 American Robin 2 American Goldfinch 3 Song Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Common Grackle 5 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Northern Cardinal Number of Taxa: 39 It just stopped raining here....what are you waiting for get out there! Gregory Jahner III Saint Paul Park Washington County ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
