[mou] Woodlake Nature Center arrivals, Hennepin Co.

[Conny Brunell]

Today Leslie Marcus and I walked at Woodlake Nature Center in Richfield in-between the rain.  The lake was covered with Swallows Cliff, Bank, Barn, and Tree.  A Green Heron, and Great Egret were around the shallow edges, and Chimney Swifts flew over.

There were still plenty of singing Warblers, Black-throated Green, Northern Parula, Blackburnian pair, Common Yellowthroat, Magnolia, Black-and white, Nashville, Tennessee, Orange-crowned, Palm, Northern Waterthrush, and finally today a singing Ovenbird, as well as the many Yellow-rumped's you had to check over.

It was nice to hear and see the Gray Catbird back in the brush. House Wrens, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Blue-headed Vireo's , Baltimore Oriole's, Rose-breasted Grosbeak's, Sora's, Eastern Towhee, and still plenty of Ruby-crowned Kinglets.  You can see the resident Cooper's Hawk pair and hear plenty of vocalization between the two on and off.

Conny Brunell
Richfield, Hennepin Cty
connyb@mycidco.com