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<p>5/7/17<br>
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Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge<br>
Bloomington Visitor Center Trailhead<br>
8 - 10:00 am<br>
Field trip Report<br>
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Lots of birds were moving through in the trees along the hillside trail. Mainly Yellow-rumped Warblers, but we did see a couple Black-and-white, Orange-crowned, Palm and a Yellow Warbler there as well. Here are a few of the species observed by our group:<br>
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Wood Duck</p>
<div>Blue-winged Teal<br>
Green-winged Teal</div>
<div>Ring-necked Duck</div>
<div>Virginia Rails - Heard only</div>
<div>Sora - Heard only </div>
<div>Northern Rough-winged Swallow</div>
<div>House Wren<br>
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher<br>
Ruby-crowned Kinglet</div>
<div>Brown Thrasher</div>
<div>Black-and-white Warbler</div>
<div>Orange-crowned Warbler</div>
<div>Yellow Warbler</div>
<div>Palm Warbler</div>
<div>Yellow-rumped Warbler</div>
<div>White-crowned Sparrow</div>
<div>White-throated Sparrow<br>
Swamp Sparrow</div>
<div>Baltimore Oriole<br>
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Note a complete list of the birds observed on our walk can be found on the EBird Web site.<br>
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Here are the dates of some upcoming MNWR bird walks. The walks begin at 8:00 am and there is no fee for the walk.<br>
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May 13 - Bloomington Visitor Center<br>
May 15 - Louisville Swamp Unit<br>
May 16 - Bass Ponds<br>
These walks begin at 8:00 am.<br>
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MRVAC Field Trips:<br>
May 9 - Carver Park Reserve<br>
May 14 - Ritter Farm Park - 8:30 am - Led by Cheri Fox<br>
For more information on these walks please contact me.<br>
952-240-7647<br>
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Craig Mandel<br>
Hennepin County - Minnetonka<br>
EgretCMan@msn.com<br>
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