[mou-net] The “Wings on the Prairie” celeb ration of International Migrator y Bird Day will be May 05, Windo m, MN
U.S. Fish Wildlife Service Wings on the Prairie Discovery Center Windom Wetland Management District, Wolf Lake Waterfowl Production Area Windom, MN CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL MIGRATORY BIRD DAY 2012 •Early Riser’s Bird Walks6:30 and 8:00 am •Swan registration begins with NHLGPA8:00 – 10:30 am •Prairie Ecology Bus Center Activities8:00 – 10:30 am •Kids Activities: 8:00 – 10:30 am Build wood duck houses Color duck stamps Explore wetland critters Bingo nature hike DNR “Wall of Shame” ● Wolf Lake WPA Water Control Structure 9:00 – 9:50 am presentation with Private Lands Biologist Scott Ralston •Sioux Falls Zoomobile Program 10:30 – 11:15 am •Trumpeter Swan Release 11:30 – 12:00 Noon •Bison Burger Lunch 11:45 – 1:00 pm •Friends Group Raffle Drawings Noon •Tour of Wolf Lake Water Control Structure 1:00 pm The Friends of the Windom Wetland Management District, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the goals of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be on hand to explain their role in supporting the work of the District. Please take time to talk with members of the Friends Group and consider becoming involved as a Friend of the Windom Wetland Management District. For more information visit our web page at http://midwest.fws.gov/windom Partners helping to bring you this event include: Friends of Windom Wetlands; Minnesota DNR non-game division; Minnesota Zoo; North Heron Lake Game Producers Association (NHLGPA); The Cottonwood County Bird Club; Jackson County Birding Club; Prairie Ecology Bus Center; Stone Hill Bison Farm; Hy-Vee; Hardees; McDonalds; Subway; The Windom Chamber of Commerce and Convention Visitors Bureau and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 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] Wiley WPA shorebird site Big Stone County
Wanted to alert folks to a good shorebird site in Big Stone County. After many years of stagnant water levels and carp infestation, we worked with Ducks Unlimited last fall to install a pump at Wiley Waterfowl Production Area. We are doing a temporary drawdown this spring, and the birds are loving it. Yesterday afternoon there were several hundred shorebirds and waterfowl feeding at the site. It was very windy so I wasn't able to ID much, but at a minimum the shorebirds included greater and lesser yellowlegs, pectoral sandpipers, dowitcher, willet, and some peeps. Wiley WPA is located in sections 12 and 13 of Otrey Township, or 8 miles north and 3 miles east of Odessa. The basin is bisected by a road, so there are several locations for easy viewing. And if shorebirds aren't your thing, there are many other great prairie and marsh species around Big Stone County and the rest of Morris WMD! In the last two weeks we've been seeing goose broods, upland sandpipers, marsh wrens, marbled godwits, American bittern, sora, etc. Sara Vacek Wildlife Biologist U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Morris Wetland Management District 43875 230th St. Morris, MN 56267 320-589-4973 Find us on Facebook! 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] Lake Byllesby yesterday
Lake Byllesby late afternoon yesterday (the cemetery was the better location): Hudsonian Godwits (at least 4) Marbled Godwit (1) Long-billed Dowitchers (at least 3) Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs Pectoral Sandpipers Least Sandpipers Wilson's Phalaropes Caspian Terns (5) Forster's Terns (13) Bonaparte's Gulls (at least 3) Franklin's Gull (at least 2) Ring-billed Gulls White Pelicans plus the usual waterfowl: No. Shovelers, Blue-winged Teals, Green-winged Teals, Mallards Also No. Harrier, Downy Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch, White-throated Sparrow Gerry Hoekstra Northfield 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] White-faced Ibis in Dodge County
There's a White-faced Ibis in Dodge County on the south side of US 14 in a pond a couple miles west of Dodge Center. Bob Williams Sent from my iPhone -- The information in this electronic mail message is the sender's confidential business and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this internet electronic mail message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. The sender believes that this E-mail and any attachments were free of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. This message and its attachments could have been infected during transmission. By reading the message and opening any attachments, the recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective and remedial action about viruses and other defects. The sender's employer is not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way from this message or its attachments. 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] Minnetonka birds
Thursday yard birds House Wren Lincoln's Sparrow Big Willow Park on Minnehaha Creek Two Broad-winged Hawks Northern Oriole Swamp and Song Sparrows E. Phoebe Tree and Barn Swallows Also lots of Butterflies Monarchs Mourning Cloak Sulphur But where are the Warblers? Ken In Minnetonka 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] Warblers, etc. around Lake Normandale (Bloomington, Hennepin Co.)
Who needs food when you can spend your lunch break outside chasing warblers on a beautiful (if not windy) day? A few highlights from a brief walk around the north edge of Lake Normandale in Bloomington- Osprey - 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5 Palm Warbler- 1 Yellow Warbler - 1 Nashville Warbler- 3 Tennessee Warbler - 2 Least Flycatcher - 1 Gray Catbird - 4 Warbling Vireo - 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet -1 Baltimore Oriole - 4 White-throated Sparrow - 10 Thought I also heard a Waterthrush chip note but tough to tell with the wind. Good birding, Andy Forbes - Bloomington, Hennepin Co. 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] 15 warblers
Half way done with walks, but 15 warblers in Sherburne Refuge, most on Blue Hill Trail. Highlight was Cerulean. Al Schirmacher Princeton Sent from my iPhone 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] Grant Co. MN large shorebirds
I wanted to report the following sightings: 9- American avocets 2- Willet Birds were observed on Prescott Lake on 5/2/2012 in Grant Co. Delaware Township on border between section 28 and 29. Birds were located on small mudflat just to the north of where 180th St and 260th Ave meet. (just to the north of the Y in the road. If you need any additional information please feel free to contact me. Thanks! Maria Fosado Wildlife Refuge Specialist Fergus Falls Wetland Management District U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 18965 County Highway 82, Fergus Falls, MN 56537 Office: 218 736 0648 Cell: 218 770 3983 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] Large Shorebirds in Grant County MN
9- American avocets 2- Willet Birds were observed on Prescott Lake on 5/2/2012 in Grant Co. Delaware Township on border between section 28 and 29. Birds were located on small mudflat just to the north of where 180th St and 260th Ave meet. (just to the north of the Y in the road. 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] White-faced Ibis - Hennepin County
There were two ibis at the old cedar ave bridge this afternoon between 1:00-2:00. One was clearly a white-faced ibis with a white border around reddish facial skin and behind eye. The other ibis seemingly lacked any white border around the facial skin or behind eye though it did have dull pink facial skin and brighter pinkish color at the leg joint suggesting white-faced. Maybe someone could get a clearer look at it if the birds move closer to the platform as they were about 300 feet away to the southeast. Mike Majeski 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] mn river nwr - rice lake - update
With recent rains the water level of Rice Lake has risen, mudflats have vanished and the shorebird numbers have dropped. This afternoon I counted just under 100 shorebirds of three species. Almost all were Lesser Yellowlegs with a few Greater Yellowlegs and two Wilson's Phalaropes. I am checking this lake two-three times per week. If conditions improve, I will repost. Regards,,, 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] Carver County
After missing out on Minnesota birds the last 10 days but enjoying some great birding on and near the Cumberland Plateau of east Tennessee, I was back early this afternoon to bird mainly Rapids Lake. I did check Rice Lake first thing this afternoon and found 1 Wilson's Phalarope, 1 Willet, and 1 Pectoral Sandpiper with Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs. Rapids Lake MVNWR birds and counts Wood Duck Mallard Great Blue Heron 4 Bald Eagle 1 Killdeer 1 Mourning Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Least Flycatcher 2 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 Yellow-throated Vireo 2 Warbling Vireo 2 Blue Jay American Crown Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch House Wren 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6 Eastern Bluebird American Robin Gray Catbird 3 Brown Thrasher 1 Ovenbird 1 Blue-winged Warbler 6 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 7 American Redstart 4 Yellow Warbler 22 (mainly male) Palm Warbler 4 Pine Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Lark Sparrow 2 Grasshopper Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow ~75 Harris's Sparrow 2 White-crowned Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak 20 (all malle) Indigo Bunting 2 Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole 1 male Baltimore Oriole 14(all male) American Goldfinch 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] Whimbrel migrations
When I found an interior whimbrel a couple of weeks ago, I recalled the interesting research project on whimbrels based on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Whimbrels are being trapped there in spring and some are being equipped with satellite transmitters. This area is a very important spring stopover for whimbrels moving north from the Caribbean and South America. The Nature Conservancy has played a major role in preserving this area and supporting the whimbrel study. The web site below has a wonderful 7-minute video of this project which tracks the migration of one bird named Hope over several seasons. Radio-tracking results don't get any better than this (nor do natural history videos), so I highly recommend you view this at http://littlenatureshow.org/ Marshall Howe 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] Blackburnian Warbler
Saw my first Blackburnian Warbler of the year. Took my breath away! Ovenbird, Nashville, Yellow-rumped, Black throated-Green so far. Near Carlton County in Carlton County Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
