Armed only with cameras, we set out on a day of birding when spring had officially declared itself in Minneapolis. We were rewarded with 80+ temperatures and 48 bird species within a 2 mile radius of our downtown loft.
Some of our favorite spots were this Scarlet Tanager, which is usually only found in mature forest, rarely in urban areas....
The most-welcome harbinger of summer, the Baltimore Oriole....
A Cooper's Hawk making a nest in the middle of a city....
And a pair of Wood Ducks, among the most beautiful of ducks.
The entire species list is as follows: Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Mallard, Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Ring-billed Gull, Cooper's Hawk, Bald Eagle, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Northern Flicker, Downey Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, Great Crested Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, American Crow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Chimney Swift, Barn Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, House Wren, American Robin, Swainson's Thrush, Grey Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, Common Yellowthroat, Scarlet Tanager, Northern Cardinal, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Chipping Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, House Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, European Starling, Baltimore Oriole, House Finch, American Goldfinch.
We also ran across this raccoon, who seemed a little sheepish at being caught in the open before dark.
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