[Mnbird] A wondrous week in birds

[Allen Batt]

  On a rare night without rain, I watched a baseball game at Mueller Park in New Ulm and listened to Common Nighthawks flying overhead and calling for “beans,” but eating flying insects instead.
  At home, I watched two suet holders do a thriving business. The birds I saw feeding on suet over the week were: Brown Thrasher, Gray Catbird, Red-headed Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, European Starling, House Sparrow, Common Grackle, White-breasted Nuthatch, Baltimore Oriole, Blue Jay and that gold standard of birds, the Black-capped Chickadee. 
  A Hairy Woodpecker male displayed noisily with his bill pointed upward and bobbing from side to side of the suet feeder.
  I found a Red-winged Blackbird nest with three eggs (blue with black markings) in it, which was 2 feet off the ground in a Canada Thistle in a prairie planting. 
  In Disney’s animated version of “Alice in Wonderland,” the White Rabbit sang, “I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date! No time to say ‘Hello,’ goodbye! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!” 
  My yard’s version of the White Rabbit was a late Blackburnian Warbler here on June 19. It posed for a photo, noticed the time and fled the scene.
  A Eurasian Tree Sparrow has been a recurring guest star on the suet feeders.

“Do something wild today. Look at a bird.” — Al Batt, Freeborn County

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