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Summer tanager present @ 1050 north end of Prarie loop approx .4 miles south of the park boundary/ 50th (straight @ 1st fork). Calling from slope on west side then flew over prairie loop trail and called from east side. Happy birding. Liz On May 9, 2015 8:20:54 PM CDT, Peter Nichols <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Yesterday, Brian Byrne and I found a singing CERULEAN WARBLER at Afton >State Park (Washington County). The bird was along the first ravine >loop >trail, just north of the first bridge on the North River Trail (along >the >river bottomlands). Ben Douglas and I tried to relocate the bird today >without success. > >After I left today, Ben found the SUMMER TANAGER that has been present >in >previous years. He reported the bird from the northern portion of the >Trout Brook Loop. > >Both days, my birding buddies and I had unsuccessful searches for >Hooded >Warbler and Prothonotary Warbler in the locations at which they have >bred >in previous years. I also heard from another birder yesterday who had >unsuccessful searches of the same locations. I will continue to check >for >these species periodically in the coming weeks and will provide >updates. > >Other species seen and/or heard today in Ben's and my combined outing >included the usual Afton SP breeders: WOOD THRUSH, OVENBIRD (10+), >BLUE-WINGED WARBLER (7-8), EASTERN TOWHEE (7-8), a few YELLOW-THROATED >VIREOS, a singing SCARLET TANAGER, and YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER. >Migrant >species included NASHVILLE WARBLER (7+), BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, >TENNESSEE >WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, and BLUE-EYED VIREO. > >Pete Nichols >Cottage Grove >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 -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html