The day was unseasonably warm, but the birders out on the trail for the DNR hosted birding double-header saw a fabulous mix of birds.

Here are the stats from the day....

Gateway:

10287–10331 Dellwood Rd N, Grant US-MN (45.0798,-92.8970)
May 10, 2025
6:05 AM
Traveling
0.69 miles
66 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: 10 walking led by Bob Bystrom and Linda Radimacky
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3 Canada Goose -- Heard
2 Trumpeter Swan
2 Wood Duck
3 Mallard
2 Green Heron
1 Great Egret
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Turkey Vulture
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker -- Heard
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
1 Least Flycatcher
1 Great Crested Flycatcher -- Heard
4 Blue Jay -- Heard
1 American Crow -- Heard
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
5 European Starling
1 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
1 American Robin
2 Cedar Waxwing
2 House Finch
2 American Goldfinch
1 Baltimore Oriole
8 Red-winged Blackbird -- Heard
1 Brown-headed Cowbird
2 Ovenbird -- Seen and photographed
1 Nashville Warbler -- Or Tennessee warbler?
1 Common Yellowthroat -- Seen and heard
1 Yellow Warbler

Number of Taxa: 30

Brown's Creek Nature Preserve
May 10, 2025
7:25 AM
Traveling
0.84 miles
77 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 3.2.2 Build 3.2.21

1 Mallard
1 Green Heron
2 Great Egret -- Flying
1 Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
3 Downy Woodpecker
1 Warbling Vireo
1 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
4 Black-capped Chickadee
2 Tree Swallow
1 Barn Swallow
1 European Starling
5 Eastern Bluebird
2 American Robin
8 Cedar Waxwing
1 House Finch
7 American Goldfinch
1 Chipping Sparrow
3 White-throated Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
1 Baltimore Oriole
8 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Brown-headed Cowbird
2 Common Grackle
1 American Redstart
2 Yellow Warbler
5 Northern Cardinal
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Indigo Bunting

Number of Taxa: 31