Enjoyed 60+ species over 2.5 hours at Lake Elmo (Washington County) this morning, including my first real warbler waves of the year. Nine warbler species seen--mostly Yellow-Rumps and Palms still (with lots of Kinglets as well), but I did also get Parula, Orange-Crowned, Pine, Wilson's, Redstart, several Nashvilles, and about a dozen Black-and-White's. Palm numbers were particularly impressive, easily in the triple digits.
The marshes were quite alive today, with lots of Soras (I stopped counting at 10; they were present throughout all the park's marshes), one Virginia Rail, marsh wrens singing, and a flock of a dozen or so terns (mostly Common, but at least one or two Forster's was in the mix) feeding over Eagle Lake. I heard a Least Bittern (not seen, unfortunately) on the south side of Margaret Lake. Several Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks out as well--my favorite bird. Kyle Te Poel Stillwater Township, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
