thanks for posting Linda On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 6:03 PM, linda whyte <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Weekend exercise successfully targeted some species I'd missed earlier. At > Randolph Industrial Park, in the southernmost part of the field adjacent to > the church, there were singing Bobolink. Thanks to fellow birders I also > saw the Dickcissel who perched up and sang just across from the Bobolink > field, right after I'd started to depart ! As before, Meadowlarks, > Grasshopper Sparrows, and Kildeer were also vocal and visible, but I did > not stay to search out others. > > Instead, the destination was Cannon River Wilderness East, to the southwest > of Northfield, to hike. This Rice County park was recently re-opened after > erosion caused a major land-slide across the opening part of its boardwalk > path. Immediately beyond the steep, descending stairway and along the > boardwalk that enters the main ravine, the Acadian Flycatcher could be > heard and seen, hunting fairly low, back and forth across the boardwalk. It > finally retreated to the west up into an intersecting ravine that is marked > off as private property. > > Several erosion events have severely altered the trail that usually yields > Cerulean sightings. In order to attain the full walk around the bluff, you > either have to bushwhack and do some steep climbing on the south side of > the streambed, or hike the north side all the way to the Cannon, where the > bed is narrow enough to be crossed. I did the latter, listening intently > for Cerulean sound. On the way in no sound wasdetected, but on the way out > the buzzy, ascending calls were finally heard., just twice. There was not > the customary singing duel across the main ravine, but it was late in the > afternoon by then. Viewing the birds will require another visit. > > 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 > -- Halle O'Falvey M.Ed. 416 Arbor Street St. Paul MN 55102 www.halleofalvey.com 651-206-5054 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html