[mou] Ovenbird in Rice County

[Dave Bartkey]

Hi everyone,

   I went for a walk this morning from Teepee Tonka Park to River Bend
Nature Center and saw a plethora of birds. Most shocking was an Ovenbird!
This is by far my earliest record for this species. On another warbler note,
I also saw Orange Crowned Warblers in three different locations.

 

  Other new birds for the year were: Brown Thrasher, House Wren, Bank
Swallow, and many, many White-throated Sparrows.

 

  More highlights included Lincoln's Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, Brown Creeper,
and an Eastern Meadowlark singing in the prairie at River Bend (which is a
rare occurrence here).

 

  It will be interesting to hear what everybody else sees today after that
strong southern wind all day yesterday.

 

Good birding!

 

Dave Bartkey

Faribault, MN

screechowl at charter.net 

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