[mou] Sherburne NWR, Montissippi Park

[tpulles@gbronline.com]

Today my family and I decided to go birding at Sherburne
N.W.R., Princeton Sewage Ponds, and Montissippi Park (the
last site is in northern Wright County: the others are in
Sherburne).  We saw a total fo 94 species, including 20
warblers.  Some of the better species were -

PRINCETON SEWAGE PONDS

MERLIN - 1 individual flew in over the ponds trying to
snatch a shorebird meal
LINCOLN'S SPARROW


SHERBURNE N.W.R. -

GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
CAPE MAY WARBLER
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER - several
MAGNOLIA WARBLER
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
TENNESSEE WARBLER
NASHVILLE WARBLER
CANADA WARBLER
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER
BLACKPOLL WARBLER
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER
BLUE-HEADED VIREO
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW


MONTISSIPPI C.P. -

BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
NASHVILLE WARBLER


At Sherburne N.W.R., a large warbler fallout occured along
the Woodland Trail, a small .5 mile walking loop along the
Auto Tour.

Good birding Everybody!

Keith Pulles, Wright County