[mou-net] Wirth Park, Mpls - Warbling Vireos arrive

Several vireos were singing loudly along Wirth Lake this morning. No Purple Martins have yet arrived to take up residence in the new house we erected for them. We've played attraction calls for two weeks several hours most days. Plenty of swifts but no martins yet. -- Claudia Egelhoff Minneapo

[mou-net] Wirth Park, Minneapolis - RWBB

About a half dozen RWBB calling from the small wetlands east of Theo Wirth Park. Also, Common Mergs, Hooded Mergs, Ring-necked Ducks and Wood Ducks in the long pond alongside Wirth golf course. -- Claudia Egelhoff Minneapolis, MN Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED

[mou-net] Wirth Park

Disappointingly, i only count one spotted sandpiper and one lesser yellowlegs at Wirth this morning. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

Re: [mou-net] Wirth Park Shorebirds

I've gotten a couple of inquiries about my sightings at Wirth Park and want to clarify two things: 1.) I stopped by only to see if there were shorebirds on-site today, which there were. I did not stick around to positively ID any of the birds (but they're not all Killdeer!). 2.) If you're look

[mou-net] Wirth Park Shorebirds

I scouted out the mudflats at Wirth Park again today, and shorebirds have begun to arrive. Yellowlegs and White-rumped Sandpipers were present, but I didn't stick around long enough to count/positively ID all birds. Last year we saw a few birds trickle in at first and then a peak with great diver