[mou] MRVAC - Craver Park Reserve - Field Trip Report - May 23, 2008

[CRAIG MANDEL]

May 12, 2008

Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter
Carver Park Reserve
Field Trip Report

14 - participants
85 - species observed

5:00 am - 11:45 am

We started the day listening to and getting brief looks at some American 
Woodcocks along the entrance road to the Lowry Nature Center, close to the 
entrance gate.  Then we birded the trails from the nature center around 
Crosby lake.  Hitting a nice wave of Warblers along the SW corner of the 
lake.  Afterwards we spent some time at the King Blind, which was very quite 
and then some hiked some trails along Parley.  Things were fairly quite 
there as well, but we did get some nice close up views of Forster's Terns. 
Here are a few of the species of birds observed during the walk:

Osprey - There are many Osprey in the park, with birds on 4 nesting sites in 
the park that we observed.
Virginia Rail
Sora
American Woodcock
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Barred Owl
Red-breasted Nuthatch - observed along the trail on the SE side of Parley 
Lake.
Sedge Wren
March Wren
Cedar Waxwing - Observed about 10 pairs of Cedar Waxwings, with the males 
actively courting and feeding the females.
Warblers - 12 species - Blue-winged (Heard only), Tennessee, Orange-crowned, 
Nashville, Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Palm, Black-and-white, American Redstart, 
Northern Waterthrush, Common Yellowthroat, Wilson's.
Bobolink

Craig Mandel
EgretCMan at msn.com
Hennepin County
Minnetonka, MN