[mou] Orchard Oriole, Dakota Co.

[Conny Brunell]

Leslie Marcus and I were birding in Dakota Co today, and saw a 1st summer male Orchard Oriole in Rosemount near the intersection of 142nd StE and Emery Ave.  The bird was singing on a tree top on the north side of 142nd about .1 from the corner.

We heard a really vocal Alder Flycatcher, and a lot of flycatchers in the Empire area of 170th StW.  We saw tons and tons of Baltimore Orioles everywhere we drove singing up a storm, that's always a day brightner!  We walked the 180th St Marsh, and heard the Least Bitterns previously reported calling really close to the side of the road.

Conny Brunell
Richfield, Hennepin Cty
connyb@mycidco.com