[mou] Bass Ponds

[Ben Parke]

Went birding at the Bass Bonds in Bloomington today with three friends (formerly non-birders - likely converted to birders after today) and had a fairly productive 4-5 hrs with 15 species of warbler.  Items of note were (in the order seen):
   
  indigo bunting (at the feeders of the visitor center)
  swainson's thrush
  wilson's warbler
  scarlet tanager (sitting in a tree by the porta-potty)
  baltimore oriole
  forster's tern
  canada warbler
  spotted sandpiper (5-10 foraging on edges of largest pond)
  louisiana waterthrush (foraging on w. edge of largest pond)
  chestnut-sided warbler
  blackburnian warbler
  nashville warbler
  cerulean warbler
  magnolia warbler
  ovenbird
   
  The most warblerish spot was in the pond area after the trail goes under Hwy 77 (side trail veres off to the left and goes down to a pond.)  There also were a number of warblers etc. foraging on the path just west of the largest bass pond and also around the lower parking area.  
   
  Ben

       
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