[mou-net] Carver County
Yesterday's(Sat.) count at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Sedge Wren 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7 Hermit Thrush 6 Orange-crowned Warbler 4 Cape May Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 10 Clay-colored Sparrow 1 Fox Sparrow 8 Lincoln's Sparrow 3 White-throated Sparrow 24 Today's count at Rapids Lake MVNWR (only covered a small area closed to hunting and not flooded) Belted Kingfisher 1 Winter Wren 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 9 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 11 Orange-crowned Warbler 4 Nashville Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 6 Lincoln's Sparrow 3 Swamp Sparrow 2 Savannah Sparrow 8 White-crowned Sparrow 3 On Lake Waconia there were Franklin's, Bonaparte's, Ring-billed, Herring Gull, 3 Common Loons, 4 Horned Grebes, and a couple small flocks of Ruddy Duck flying back and forth. At Chevalle wetlands there were 5 Bufflehead yesterday and today, and today there were 2 singing Eastern Meadowlark along with quite a few Bluebirds. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Summer Tanager McLeod Cty.
A SUMMER TANAGER (female) and a MOCKINGBIRD were found on Friday, Oct. 8, by Berniece and Earl Hall in the backyard of their home in Hutchinson. The Summer Tanager has been a regular visitor since then to the peanut suet feeder, and was seen again this morning (Sunday) around 9:30. (The Mockingbird has NOT been seen since Friday). The Halls are with other birders at the Meeker Cty. Big Sit all day today (Sun.) but welcome callers and visitors anytime---call for directions and let yourself in to their backyard porch with a perfect view of the feeders, and their lovely backyard gardens. ph. 320-587-8122 or call my cell ph. 320-282-5143 for directions. Pete Hoeger, Hutch Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Tanager / Mockingbird refound
Today, Sunday, from 5:30-5:45 pm, the female Summer Tanager (eastern plumage) and now again the MOCKINGBIRD (juvenile) were seen again in Hutchinson. Bernice and Earl Hall 665 Hillcrest Rd NE. 320-587-8122 Take MN Hwy. 7 into Hutch to the large 4-way stoplite intersection at Bluff St., and turn north (right if coming from the Cities). Go about 4 blocks to Ridge Ave. which only goes left (west), then turn south again on Hillcrest, about 2 houses to 665. They welcome visitors. We believe the Summer Tanager is a McLeod Cty. record. - Original Message - From: Hoeger/Lerdal To: mou Cc: mnbird Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 1:32 PM Subject: Summer Tanager McLeod Cty. A SUMMER TANAGER (female) and a MOCKINGBIRD were found on Friday, Oct. 8, by Bernice and Earl Hall in the backyard of their home in Hutchinson. The Summer Tanager has been a regular visitor since then to the peanut suet feeder, and was seen again this morning (Sunday) around 9:30. (The Mockingbird has NOT been seen since Friday). The Halls are with other birders at the Meeker Cty. Big Sit all day today (Sun.) but welcome callers and visitors anytime---call for directions and let yourself in to their backyard porch with a perfect view of the feeders, and their lovely backyard gardens. ph. 320-587-8122 or call my cell ph. 320-282-5143 for directions. Pete Hoeger, Hutch Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] McLeod County Yellow Rail, Sibley County Golden-Plovers
McLeod county must have been the place to be birding today. This morning I flushed a Yellow Rail at Schaefer Prairie southeast of Brownton (Nature Avenue about 1 mile south of hwy 212). It flushed at around 5 feet, it's white secondaries were conspicuous as if flew below eye-level to a spot 20 yards away. Of course, it couldn't be relocated or re-flushed. It flushed from very dry, fairly short grass, although wetter habitats weren't too distant. Besides the rail, 90 minutes of slogging through the grass here produced a grand total of 3 Savannah Sparrows, 1 Song Sparrow and a few Swamp Sparrows. Earlier I made a stop at the Glencoe wastewater ponds. Over 2000 Canada Geese, 200 Cackling Geese, and 7 Snow Geese were present, along with many American Pipits, Brewer's Blackbirds, and Lapland Longspurs. This afternoon, there were 140 American Golden-Plovers in a flooded field east of the Gaylord sewage ponds. I counted 60 on my first pass through, but as I was counting heard more calling overhead - and counted 140 after the second flock landed. One Dunlin came in the the second flock. A final highlight was provided by a stunning first-year Krider's Redtailed Hawk north of Gaylord. Doug Kieser Minneapolis This message contains information which may be confidential and privileged. Unless you are the intended recipient (or authorized to receive this message for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disseminate or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received the message in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail, and delete the message. Thank you very much.
[mou-net] Sherburne Big Sit Results
Thanks to Doug Stucki, Joe Conelly, Tom and Elizabeth Bell, young Kyle, and others (17 counters total) who stopped by to visit and take part in The Big Sit at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge today. Our count circle was the observation deck at the beginning of the Prairie's Edge Wildlife Drive/Oak Savanna Trail. A total of 43 species were observed - we were thrilled with that number! Here's the list: Canada Goose Trumpeter Swan Wood Duck American Wigeon Mallard Blue-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Ring-necked Pheasant Wild Turkey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk Sandhill Crane Mourning Dove Red-bellied, Downy, Hairy and Pileated Woodpeckers Eastern Phoebe Blue Jay American Crow Black-capped Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Golden Ruby-crowned Kinglets Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush American Robin Cedar Waxwing Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Palm Warbler Vesper, Fox, Song, Lincoln's, Swamp White-throated Sparrows Dark-eyed Junco Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark American Goldfinch It was interesting to note that the MOST bird activity was right at dawn - everyone was singing and moving around for about 10 minutes... birds, I mean. I observed this same thing when doing the Big Sit in Utah last year - when it was just getting to be light out, there was lots of noise and activity - before the light was good enough to really see the birds. Although the first couple of hours were by far the best, and we saw quite a bit of activity until about 10:30, we did manage to add 10 species during the rest of the day. I thought I'd see another flurry of activity at dusk, be it didn't happen. All birds recorded were seen by 4:30pm. Betsy Beneke Sherburne NWR Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Cliff Fen Park/Duluth
Had good numbers of sparrows at Cliff Fen Parktoday... Harris, Swamp, White Crowned, White Throated and Juncos. The fiance and I were in Duluth/Superior yesterday. The wind was pretty fierce by the lake. On the Wisconsin Point we saw Am. Tree Sparrows. Duluth side we had Rusty Blackbird, Common and Red Breasted Mergansers, a lone Bufflehead, Lapland Longspurs, White Crowned, White Throated Sparrows. We also had one Franklin's Gull hanging with a hundered or so Ring-billed Gulls. Hawk Ridge was pretty quiet when we stopped by. We did have a Common Raven fly over, and we spotted a banded chickadee along the road. -- *Thanks, Nicholas R Tangen (651) 808-7067 nicholastan...@gmail.com In wildness is the preservation of the world. - Henry David Thoreau* Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Camera Question
I have inherited an Olympus C-765 Ultra Zoom. I am a complete novice when it comes to digital photography. If anyone has used this camera for photographing birds, I'd like to hear about your experiences. Please reply offline. Bob Williams Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Jackson Co. Shorebirds
I was driving back from Iowa today when a few egrets caught my eye from the road and I pulled off to observe. Here is what I found: American Golden-Plover- 45 Probably the most I have seen at one time. Long-billed Dowitcher- 1 Lesser Yellowlegs- 2 or more Pectoral Sandpiper- at least 10 Great Egret- 3 One eating a large frog. Franklin's Gull- 7-10 Killdeer- Many Pied-billed Grebe-3 Ring-billed Gull- many There was a small flock of what were likely teal that I was too far to identify. There may have been other species of shorebirds and certainly far more individuals than listed above but a scope would be required to observe the far end of the wetland. There is a sign showing that this is a protected wildlife refuge. The location is two miles west of the town of Heron Lake on the north side of Hwy. 60. It is a two lane highway here because of road construction that starts about two miles to the east of the site. Good Birding, Jason Caddy South Minneapolis j.ca...@hotmail.com Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
