[mou] no Bell's Vireo in Brooklyn Park: but black billed cuckoo

[josep002 at umn.edu]

We could not find or hear the Bell's Vireo this evening (6-7PM); however 
just a little farther, at about the 4th ot 5th power pole but on the north 
side of the bike trail was a beautiful and cooperative clay colored sparrow 
singing away in a small patch of field and very easy to see(of course we 
did not bring our cameras). We took the grassy trail from there(just south 
of the bike path) back east to our car on Noble Ave. and, between the 2nd 
and 3rd power pole, we had great looks at a black billed cuckoo in the 
bushes just to the south side of the trail.

Marilyn an Warren Regelmann

On Jun 25 2008, Julian Sellers wrote:

> Phil Alban discovered a Bell's Vireo along the Elm Creek Regional Trail 
> in Brooklyn Park. He has been hearing it singing at about 6:00 a.m. on 
> his morning runs. I heard and saw it at 11:30 this morning (hey, I'm 
> retired). The location is northwest of the intersection of 101st Ave N & 
> Noble Ave N. You can mapquest that intersection, or you can get a PDF of 
> the northeast Hennepin Bike Trails at 
> http://www.co.hennepin.mn.us/images/HCInternet/EPandT/Transportation/Bikeways%20and%20Trails/Bicycle%20Maps/2007_Bike_Map_Northeast.pdf 
> (and zoom in until you see the street names). It appears to be OK to park 
> on Noble Ave (I did). From Noble Ave (not Noble Parkway), go west on the 
> bike trail. The vireo was singing and moving around on both sides of the 
> trail this morning in the area between the second and third large utility 
> poles west of Noble Ave.
>
> I think Bell's Vireos have been reported along this trail in recent 
> years, but I couldn't find those reports in the Summer Season summaries 
> in The Loon.
>
>Julian
>St. Paul

-- 
Marilyn S. Joseph, MD
Assistant Professor 
Dept of Ob, Gyn and Women's Health
Associate Medical Director
Boynton Health Service
University of Minnesota