[mou] Miesville Ravine & more

[Steve Weston]

Acadian Flycatcher
Cerulean Warbler
Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Miesville Ravine; morning Sunday 6/17
I lead a MRVAC field trip to Miesville Ravine in south eastern Dakota County and found 49 bird species,
including:
Acadian Flycatcher - two birds heard, one seen singing. Strong eye-ring, brown back and wings, belly and under-tail coverts yellow.
Cerulean Warbler - two males, only one singing.  Both were up the trail. First was at large stones crossing stream bed.  Second was just before the wet meadow.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - three birds (possibly one was a Black-billed) heard.  One flew across the county line at the south parking lot.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - observed in courtship display flight. Neat!
Wood Thrush - 3 singing.  A possible fourth observed.
Ovenbird - several singing
Yellow-throated Vireo - great looks
Eastern Towhee - several

Butterflies:  Black morph eastern tiger swallowtail, great spangled Fritillary, Northern Crescent, Question Mark, Eastern Comma, Mourning Cloak, Red Admiral (lots), Red-spotted Purple, Hackberry Emporer, Common Ringlet, Little Wood-Satyr (only four spots on underwings), European Skipper
Plants of note: Dame's rocket, white wintergreen (shineleaf) (Pyrola eliptica), tall meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum), smooth catchfly (silene cserei),.

Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN
sweston2 at comcast.net


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