Eleven intrepid hikers birded the flooded west end of the the park yesterday morning, despite its official "closed" status; all managed to find parking on the side of the hill leading down to the marina. Collectively, we had a respectable list of species, thanks to everyone's eyes, ears, and verbal directions, though not all birds were seen by all of us. (I see by another report, that if we had ventured closer to the flooded path by the lake, we might have added Rusty Blackbird ...darn !) That said, many had good looks at some species, Northern Waterthrush , especially. One that many heard, but no one saw, was the Black-throated Green Warbler, despite its close approach over the flooded area. In any case, here's the list, with apologies if I missed anyone's sighting:
Warblers-- Black-and-white Nashville Yellow Palm Myrtle Black-throated Green Oven N. Waterthrush Am. Redstart Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Rose-breasted Grosbeak (heard) White-throated Sparrow Song Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Am. Robin Am. Crow Bluejay N. Cardinal. House Wren Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy woodpecker Pileated woodpecker Black-capped Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Great Egret Great Blue Heron Canada Goose Wood Duck Mallard Thanks to all who came, and apologies to those who heeded the late-posted "cancellation due to flooding". Never underestimnate the power of birds and birders. Linda Whyte ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
