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As anticipated, June was a slow month of birding. May spoiled us with resident birds arriving and migrants flying through. Now into the nesting season we’re left with our resident birds and the migrating birds are in their home ranges. Things will continue to stay slow until fall when migration will start up again. Although it’s been slow, it has still been fun to get out and bird and see who’s around for the summer. I’ve even been lucky enough to find some nests with little ones squawking away begging for food in them! Here are some excerpts from my Birding Nature Journal this month: Friday, June 11, 2021 I spent a long weekend down in NE, today after supper we went and walked at Yanney Park in Kearney, NE. There was a pair of Mute Swans with 5 cygnets. Some swallows and Purple Martins flying over the lake and Dickcissels singing in the prairie. One Dickcissel flew and landed on a grass stem right in front of us, singing and giving us a great view! Thursday, June 17, 2021 This morning I went to Sand Point Trail. I saw 27 species, many of the “usuals.” Just before getting to the beach I heard rustling in the reeds. I stopped and looked trying to see who was making the noise. Soon a red fox came trotting out! It didn’t see me at first but when I started walking it barked at me! When I got to the beach the water was down from where it was last time. There were 5 Great Blue Herons looking for fish. Lots of swallows, including a Cliff Swallow. Then back at the parking lot I heard the “drink-your-teeaaa” call of and Eastern Towhee. I didn’t have time to spot it, but heard it. In the evening I went to Lower A.P. Anderson Park to add to the species list on ebird for that location. I heard an Eastern Towhee and got a great look at it! June Birds: (The first number represents the number of species for the year, the number in parenthesis represents the number of species for the month) June 6 – Lower A.P. Anderson Park, Red Wing, MN 167. (1) Eastern Wood Pewee* June 11 – Yanney Park, Kearney, NE 168. (2) Mute Swan* 169. (3) Purple Martin 170. (4) Dickcissel* June 16 – Oxbow Park, Byron, MN – Maple Trail 171. (5) Barred Owl June 17 – Sand Point Trail, Frontenac State Park, Frontenac, MN 172. (6) Cliff Swallow 173. (7) Eastern Towhee Bird Species this Year: 173 Species for June: 7 Days Birded this Year: 65 Days Birded in June: 5 Lifers in June: 3 (Birds with an (*) are Lifer Birds) Read my other Big Year related posts by clicking the button below.
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