Re: [mou-net] Unusual Locations
Al: For your 100th: Got my lifer American Tree Sparrows while standing on frozen cow patties in a cousin's corral in NW North Dakota in late October-early November, 1985. In 1988 I saw my life Swallow-tailed Kite while I was helping a guy re-roof his house in San Antonio TX--Just the first record of STKI for San Antonio in 40-60 years. The way I was yelling and pointing, the two off-duty San Antonio Police officers I was helping thought I had seen a wreck. The STKI was confirmed five days later by a fellow who walked out the door of a beauty salon, his wife was at, to smoke a cigarette, looked across the street to the linear park along the paralleling creek drainage to see his lifer Swallow-tailed Kite. Woke up in a hammock at Lake Catemaco, on southern Mexico, on January 1, 1973 with a splitting headache, and looked up to see my lifer Lovely Cotinga, female. This was during a Texas AM University Wildlife Biology Tropical Ecology field trip. Heard my US lifer Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush in South Dakota in 2010. Only 1,240 miles from San Antonio and 1,500 miles north of the places in South Texas that it was seen twice before in the US. Had seen them in Mexico. Later! Steve Stevan Hawkins San Antonio TX -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Pastor Al Schirmacher Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 11:31 AM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Unusual Locations 99 posts on this topic in three days (four listservs), we must be scratching where people are itching! (Fact is, we all see unusual birds while not birding, which is one of the beauties of this hobby/avocation/passion.) Perhaps we should consider a compilation, or article at some point...? Good birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs Sherburne Counties Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
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Yard: Red-Headed Woodpecker in my yard in St. Paul 2 years ago. The first one I've seen in about 10 years and the last place I'd expect one. Cerulean Warblers in the backyard of my father's cabin in Stearns County growing up. They returned each summer for years. Parking lot: Peregrines every once in a while in St. Paul. Work: White-winged Crossbill. Hotel: I got nothing. Other: I once had a covey of Bob-white quail run through my legs-this at Jamaica Bay in New York. On 1/24/11 11:06 AM, Pastor Al Schirmacher pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net wrote: Saw an interesting question on Facebook this morning: what is your favorite parking lot bird? Got me thinking about unusual locations: * Parking lot: Gray-crowned Rosy Finches in Cloquet, MN parking lot * Yard: tie between Cattle Egret and Prairie Falcon, north of Princeton, MN * Work: Lark Sparrow * Restaurant: tie between BB Magpie Golden Eagle * Hotel: Black-throated Magpie-Jay (business trip in Mexico many years ago, probably not unusual for residents). How about you? Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs Sherburne Counties pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
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Parking Lot: Cactus Wren picking insects off car grills (Phoenix). Antillean Nighthawk (Key West H.S.) Yard: Broad winged Hawk - nested nearby (Mpls) Work: Turkey Vulture (looking for mortgage brokers?), Peregrine Falcon picking apart a crow atop the Oracle Bldg, Mpls Restaurant; Boreal Chickadee (AK) Blue-footed Booby (Manzanillo, MX) Hotel: Back-vented Shearwater (Monterey) Warren Woessner -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Stefanie Moss Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 5:48 AM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Unusual locations Yard: Red-Headed Woodpecker in my yard in St. Paul 2 years ago. The first one I've seen in about 10 years and the last place I'd expect one. Cerulean Warblers in the backyard of my father's cabin in Stearns County growing up. They returned each summer for years. Parking lot: Peregrines every once in a while in St. Paul. Work: White-winged Crossbill. Hotel: I got nothing. Other: I once had a covey of Bob-white quail run through my legs-this at Jamaica Bay in New York. On 1/24/11 11:06 AM, Pastor Al Schirmacher pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net wrote: Saw an interesting question on Facebook this morning: what is your favorite parking lot bird? Got me thinking about unusual locations: * Parking lot: Gray-crowned Rosy Finches in Cloquet, MN parking lot * Yard: tie between Cattle Egret and Prairie Falcon, north of Princeton, MN * Work: Lark Sparrow * Restaurant: tie between BB Magpie Golden Eagle * Hotel: Black-throated Magpie-Jay (business trip in Mexico many years ago, probably not unusual for residents). How about you? Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs Sherburne Counties pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
Re: [mou-net] Unusual locations New Brighton Rough-Legged Hawk Update - Long
Unusual Location: I saw a Snow Goose land with a flock of Canada Geese in the Columbia Arena parking lot in Columbia Heights (Anoka County.) Tough Anoka County Bird, but what was more unusual was that at the time I was entering Locke Park thinking to myself 'wouldn't that be cool if a Snow Goose showed up here with Canada Geese' and then it happened. Good thing I got pictures or I would have thought I imagined the whole event. New Brighton Rough-Legged Hawks: Another Rough-Legged Hawk has found out how wonderful this field is is also seen here frequently. I've seen the 2 RL's fight each other the last 2 days, with an all-out brawl on the ground occurring yesterday (and just now out of the corner of my eye, there they are chasing each other again.) There has been some snow plowing in the fields that doesn't bother the birds at all, in fact they both caught rodents near the plow yesterday. The RLs are pretty dependable, most of the time perched on the 'r' pipes in the field or in the trees across Old Highway 8, along Long Lake, though when the temperature was below zero, they were in the field less frequently. I failed to mention in my last post that there were Snow Buntings in this field a week a half ago but I haven't seen them since. I also saw a Female Dark-Phase RL here last week that wasn't seen again (the 2 current RL's here are Male Light-Phase.) The location is Old Highway 8 (same as 5th Ave NW) between 694 14th St NW. Views of the Hawks perched on the pipes are best from 14th St NW the service road that runs South from 14th St NW (right in front of the long building on the edge of the field.) For directions, Google Map this address: 154 14th st nw new brighton mn Jason Bolish Hennepin County From: rsny...@visi.com To: manleyol...@gmail.com; wisbi...@freelists.org; mou-net@lists.umn.edu; mnb...@lists.mnbird.net Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:29:28 -0600 Subject: Re: [mnbird] Unusual locations I saw a Goshawk at the intersection of Co Rd 42 and Nicollet (Burnsville) one time during an early summer evening. Both streets were full of cars the bird was sitting in a VERY small tree as hundreds of cars were going by in all directions!! Got a great view, it was definitely a Goshawk!!! - Original Message - From: Manley Olson manleyol...@gmail.com To: wisbi...@freelists.org; MOU mou-net@lists.umn.edu; mnbird mnb...@lists.mnbird.net Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 7:14 PM Subject: Re: [mnbird] [wisb] Unusual locations Parking lot: First Abert's Towhee, Scottsdale AZ Yard: Varied Thrush and Long-eared Owl, Falcon Heights MN Work: Snowy Owl, On the roof of Northup Auditorium, U of Minnesota Restaurant: Western Kingbird, Rootbeer stand, Hudson WI Hotel:First Magnificant Frigatebird, San Juan PR Manley Olson Falcon Heights MN On 1/24/2011 11:08 AM, Pastor Al Schirmacher wrote: Saw an interesting question on Facebook this morning: what is your favorite parking lot bird? Got me thinking about unusual locations: * Parking lot: Gray-crowned Rosy Finches in Cloquet, MN parking lot * Yard: tie between Cattle Egret and Prairie Falcon, north of Princeton, MN * Work: Lark Sparrow * Restaurant: tie between BB Magpie Golden Eagle * Hotel: Black-throated Magpie-Jay (business trip in Mexico many years ago, probably not unusual for residents). How about you? Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs Sherburne Counties pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: http://www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. ___ mnbird mailing list mnb...@lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s ___ mnbird mailing list mnb...@lists.mnbird.net http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
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Parking lot in Colorado: black-billed magpie Yard (here in Grand Rapids, MN): mourning warbler Work (here in Grand Rapids, MN): black-backed woodpecker Restaurant; roof top dining (Veracruz, Mexico): 100s of thousands of broad-winged hawks passing over; River of Raptors migration Wes Bailey Grand Rapids, MN On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Pastor Al Schirmacher pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net wrote: Saw an interesting question on Facebook this morning: what is your favorite parking lot bird? Got me thinking about unusual locations: * Parking lot: Gray-crowned Rosy Finches in Cloquet, MN parking lot * Yard: tie between Cattle Egret and Prairie Falcon, north of Princeton, MN * Work: Lark Sparrow * Restaurant: tie between BB Magpie Golden Eagle * Hotel: Black-throated Magpie-Jay (business trip in Mexico many years ago, probably not unusual for residents). How about you? Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs Sherburne Counties pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
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It was one of the Florida parakeets, seen in a fast-food parking lot while a drug deal was made in the car beside us. A female senior citizen and a teen male were involved. We couldn't tell who was selling and who was buying. We were careful about where we pointed our binoculars. Jim Williams www.startribune.com/blogs/wingnut On Jan 24, 2011, at 11:08 AM, Pastor Al Schirmacher wrote: Saw an interesting question on Facebook this morning: what is your favorite parking lot bird? Got me thinking about unusual locations: * Parking lot: Gray-crowned Rosy Finches in Cloquet, MN parking lot * Yard: tie between Cattle Egret and Prairie Falcon, north of Princeton, MN * Work: Lark Sparrow * Restaurant: tie between BB Magpie Golden Eagle * Hotel: Black-throated Magpie-Jay (business trip in Mexico many years ago, probably not unusual for residents). How about you? Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs Sherburne Counties pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
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A yellow throated warbler on the balcony of a restaurant in the Yukatan south of Cancun, Feb 08 -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Jim Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 11:44 AM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Unusual locations It was one of the Florida parakeets, seen in a fast-food parking lot while a drug deal was made in the car beside us. A female senior citizen and a teen male were involved. We couldn't tell who was selling and who was buying. We were careful about where we pointed our binoculars. Jim Williams www.startribune.com/blogs/wingnut On Jan 24, 2011, at 11:08 AM, Pastor Al Schirmacher wrote: Saw an interesting question on Facebook this morning: what is your favorite parking lot bird? Got me thinking about unusual locations: * Parking lot: Gray-crowned Rosy Finches in Cloquet, MN parking lot * Yard: tie between Cattle Egret and Prairie Falcon, north of Princeton, MN * Work: Lark Sparrow * Restaurant: tie between BB Magpie Golden Eagle * Hotel: Black-throated Magpie-Jay (business trip in Mexico many years ago, probably not unusual for residents). How about you? Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs Sherburne Counties pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
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My best parking lot find was the Eurasian Tree Sparrow. I walked through the small area in which they are found in St. Louis. Finding none I returned to the parking lot where one was waiting for me, perched on the curbing. Bob Holtz _ From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Pastor Al Schirmacher Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 11:08 AM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Unusual locations Saw an interesting question on Facebook this morning: what is your favorite parking lot bird? Got me thinking about unusual locations: * Parking lot: Gray-crowned Rosy Finches in Cloquet, MN parking lot * Yard: tie between Cattle Egret and Prairie Falcon, north of Princeton, MN * Work: Lark Sparrow * Restaurant: tie between BB Magpie Golden Eagle * Hotel: Black-throated Magpie-Jay (business trip in Mexico many years ago, probably not unusual for residents). How about you? Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs Sherburne Counties pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html _ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1202 / Virus Database: 1435/3400 - Release Date: 01/24/11 Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
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Most memorable unusual location birds - Yard: most thrilling, Sandhill Crane flyover, just clearing the rooftop, right over me, calling, happened twice about 10 yrs apart; H/Motel: Buena Vista in Duluth, as I entered the bathroom, a White-throated Sparrow exploded from behind the shower curtain and flew circles around the bedroom until Paul caught it in a towel (it was the 1950's style with the outside walkways, and housekeeping propped the doors open while cleaning); Restaurant: Western Kingbird and Peregrine, both during the same late breakfast (happily, a half-hour apart), Nelson's Truck Stop in Clearwater; Parking lot: Empire substation in Dakota County, Northern Mockingbird, suspected by behavior that there were two different birds though only saw one at a time, turned out to be a pair, with a subsequent successful nesting; But I still remember the filling station lot in Grand Marais long ago, my first Lapland Longspur, excited, until Jan Green kinda wrinkled her nose,:) Erika Sitz Ramsey, north Anoka County -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Pastor Al Schirmacher Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 11:08 AM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Unusual locations Saw an interesting question on Facebook this morning: what is your favorite parking lot bird? Got me thinking about unusual locations: * Parking lot: Gray-crowned Rosy Finches in Cloquet, MN parking lot * Yard: tie between Cattle Egret and Prairie Falcon, north of Princeton, MN * Work: Lark Sparrow * Restaurant: tie between BB Magpie Golden Eagle * Hotel: Black-throated Magpie-Jay (business trip in Mexico many years ago, probably not unusual for residents). How about you? Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs Sherburne Counties pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
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A Sora Rail in the backyard picked up by my dog! (a whippet, not a sporting dog) He gently carried the bird over to me. I took it to Wild Life Rehab which was then at the U of M in St. Paul. Poor thing was missing its primary flight feathers so could not migrate south. He was flown via NW Airlines down south to another re-hab center where he stayed till his feathers grew back and he was then released. It was a very satisfactory ending for all concerned, especially the Sora. Gail Gail Wieberdink Roseville, MN Ramsey County - Pastor Al Schirmacher pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net wrote: Saw an interesting question on Facebook this morning: what is your favorite parking lot bird? Got me thinking about unusual locations: * Parking lot: Gray-crowned Rosy Finches in Cloquet, MN parking lot * Yard: tie between Cattle Egret and Prairie Falcon, north of Princeton, MN * Work: Lark Sparrow * Restaurant: tie between BB Magpie Golden Eagle * Hotel: Black-throated Magpie-Jay (business trip in Mexico many years ago, probably not unusual for residents). How about you? Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs Sherburne Counties pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
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Best for me? Black-capped Vireos in parking lot at Wichita Mountains NWR in OKlahoma. It's the easiest place to see them now; far easier than anywhere in Texas. Doug Chapman Sioux Falls, SD On Jan 24, 2011, at 1:35 PM, Bob Holtz wrote: My best parking lot find was the Eurasian Tree Sparrow. I walked through the small area in which they are found in St. Louis. Finding none I returned to the parking lot where one was waiting for me, perched on the curbing. Bob Holtz _ From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Pastor Al Schirmacher Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 11:08 AM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Unusual locations Saw an interesting question on Facebook this morning: what is your favorite parking lot bird? Got me thinking about unusual locations: * Parking lot: Gray-crowned Rosy Finches in Cloquet, MN parking lot * Yard: tie between Cattle Egret and Prairie Falcon, north of Princeton, MN * Work: Lark Sparrow * Restaurant: tie between BB Magpie Golden Eagle * Hotel: Black-throated Magpie-Jay (business trip in Mexico many years ago, probably not unusual for residents). How about you? Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs Sherburne Counties pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html _ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1202 / Virus Database: 1435/3400 - Release Date: 01/24/11 Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
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Yard: Common Loon (calling flyover), Yellow-crowned Night Heron (adult landed in the top of a cottonwood in my yard) - I live in a valley in the driftless area 8 miles from the Mississippi, 20+ miles from the nearest lake and ½ mile from nearest tiny creek. Rusty Blackbirds, Swamp Lincoln's Sparrows under my feeders (still no water). Kentucky Warbler (found a singing male in my back yard when I returned home from a successful trip to Wyalusing State Park that I made specifically to see my first ever of that species). Parking Lot: Probable Smith's Longspur with a flock of Lapland Longspurs at a Blacksmith shop near Two Harbors, MN. I got out of my car and walked toward the shop. The flock of Longspurs landed between me and my car. I had no optics or camera in my hand but one of the birds was a very different looking and larger female longspur. Matched all the books but I only had a short look. Motel: Black-billed Cuckoo calling from a bush at the edge of a parking lot at a motel near Bar Harbor, ME. Clark's and Western Grebes seen while sitting on my bed and looking down out of my window at the Edgewater Hotel in Seattle. Was really startled when a tugboat went by within 20 yards a few minutes later!! (I was on the second floor and was at eye level with the captain). Laughed when a Sea Lion started barking from the water under the hotel. Work: Long-eared Owl, Whip-poor-Will, Lark Sparrow Dan Jackson Chaseburg, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Near La Crosse) www.pbase.com/dejackson community.webshots.com/user/DanielEJackson Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
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I have 2 recent favorite encounters - white-winged junco in the parking lot at Stockade Lake in the Black Hills - very interested in its reflection in the chrome on the vehicle. The 2nd is a cardinal in the parking lot at the Boat Ramp at Oakwood Lakes State Park - it always ends up fighting itself in the car mirrors. These aren't really unusual locations - my best for that was an Eastern Screech Owl fledgling in the WalMart parking lot here in Brookings- running and dodging cars. Perhaps the most interesting lot birds I observed were in Bowman, ND at the Cenex Gas Station - when someone would pull in they would fly down out of the overhead canopy and hop into the grills of the vehicles being refueled. I watched them for quite awhile one day - they were cleaning grasshoppers and other insects out of the radiator. A nice little added service to wary travelers! K. C. Jensen, Ph.D. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences SPB 138D, Box 2140B South Dakota State University Brookings, SD 57007 (605)688-4781 (office) (605)690-6104 (cell) (605)688-4515 (FAX) wfs.sdstate.edu/wfsdept/faculty/kcjensen.htm 100% of the shots you don't take don't go in - Wayne Gretzky -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of douglas chapman Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 3:10 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Unusual locations Best for me? Black-capped Vireos in parking lot at Wichita Mountains NWR in OKlahoma. It's the easiest place to see them now; far easier than anywhere in Texas. Doug Chapman Sioux Falls, SD On Jan 24, 2011, at 1:35 PM, Bob Holtz wrote: My best parking lot find was the Eurasian Tree Sparrow. I walked through the small area in which they are found in St. Louis. Finding none I returned to the parking lot where one was waiting for me, perched on the curbing. Bob Holtz _ From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Pastor Al Schirmacher Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 11:08 AM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Unusual locations Saw an interesting question on Facebook this morning: what is your favorite parking lot bird? Got me thinking about unusual locations: * Parking lot: Gray-crowned Rosy Finches in Cloquet, MN parking lot * Yard: tie between Cattle Egret and Prairie Falcon, north of Princeton, MN * Work: Lark Sparrow * Restaurant: tie between BB Magpie Golden Eagle * Hotel: Black-throated Magpie-Jay (business trip in Mexico many years ago, probably not unusual for residents). How about you? Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs Sherburne Counties pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html _ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1202 / Virus Database: 1435/3400 - Release Date: 01/24/11 Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
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*Parking Lot -* *Snow Bunting* (Lifer) in Anoka county, *Magnificent Frigatebird* (Lifer), Beach parking lot Lemon Bay FL *Cattle egret* at Publix in SW Florida *Work* - *Yellow-headed blackbird* during a job interview (Lifer), *Peregrine Falcon* 20 ft out the 11th story window. *Yard- **Magnolia warbler* *E. Screech-owl,* *Purple finch* (nemesis bird) -- Sincerely, Jim Ryan Saint Paul's Westside A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community - Aldo Leopold “There has been a tremendous renaissance in nature study in recent years; it has been called a form of escapism, and perhaps it is in a way, but not an escape from reality; but rather, a return to reality; a flight from unreal things.” - Roger Tory Peterson On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Pastor Al Schirmacher pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net wrote: Saw an interesting question on Facebook this morning: what is your favorite parking lot bird? Got me thinking about unusual locations: * Parking lot: Gray-crowned Rosy Finches in Cloquet, MN parking lot * Yard: tie between Cattle Egret and Prairie Falcon, north of Princeton, MN * Work: Lark Sparrow * Restaurant: tie between BB Magpie Golden Eagle * Hotel: Black-throated Magpie-Jay (business trip in Mexico many years ago, probably not unusual for residents). How about you? Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs Sherburne Counties pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
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Boundary Waters Canoe Area: Early 80's, late summer, south of Poplar Lake, probably Caribou or Gaskin Lake. Canoe trip, us and another couple. While using the designated throne by the designated camping spot several Spruce Grouse walked right by me, much to my surprise. Boy are they quiet. I called for my wife and she saw them too. The other couple were birders too but I was too shy. I recall they weren't to happy with me. Robert Jessen Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
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Even more! thinking about this topic I realized I was forgetting my early birding years in the Detroit, MI area. *Yard*: Blackburnian, Bay-breasted Chestnut-sided warblers from my bedroom window!!! For a kid trapped in a very urban area this was an awe-inspiring sight! On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Dan Jackson danjack...@lbwhite.com wrote: Yard: Common Loon (calling flyover), Yellow-crowned Night Heron (adult landed in the top of a cottonwood in my yard) - I live in a valley in the driftless area 8 miles from the Mississippi, 20+ miles from the nearest lake and ½ mile from nearest tiny creek. Rusty Blackbirds, Swamp Lincoln's Sparrows under my feeders (still no water). Kentucky Warbler (found a singing male in my back yard when I returned home from a successful trip to Wyalusing State Park that I made specifically to see my first ever of that species). Parking Lot: Probable Smith's Longspur with a flock of Lapland Longspurs at a Blacksmith shop near Two Harbors, MN. I got out of my car and walked toward the shop. The flock of Longspurs landed between me and my car. I had no optics or camera in my hand but one of the birds was a very different looking and larger female longspur. Matched all the books but I only had a short look. Motel: Black-billed Cuckoo calling from a bush at the edge of a parking lot at a motel near Bar Harbor, ME. Clark's and Western Grebes seen while sitting on my bed and looking down out of my window at the Edgewater Hotel in Seattle. Was really startled when a tugboat went by within 20 yards a few minutes later!! (I was on the second floor and was at eye level with the captain). Laughed when a Sea Lion started barking from the water under the hotel. Work: Long-eared Owl, Whip-poor-Will, Lark Sparrow Dan Jackson Chaseburg, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Near La Crosse) www.pbase.com/dejackson community.webshots.com/user/DanielEJackson Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html -- Sincerely, Jim Ryan Saint Paul's Westside A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community - Aldo Leopold “There has been a tremendous renaissance in nature study in recent years; it has been called a form of escapism, and perhaps it is in a way, but not an escape from reality; but rather, a return to reality; a flight from unreal things.” - Roger Tory Peterson Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
Re: [mou-net] Unusual locations
Yard: Ruffed Grouse White-winged Crossbills (lifer) in south Minneapolis. Rufous-sided Towhee as a boy in Mt. Vernon, NY (very exciting). One spring morning my wife is eating breakfast looking out over the lake. Steve, what is that white bird on the lake? I came over, took a fast look, and announced, That is a Snow Goose, a really good bird for around here. As I returned to my breakfast, she querried, Why is that other white bird so much smaller? What?! That is a Ross's Goose, which is quite rare for here! We live in Eagan, MN, a suburb of the Twin Cities. I doubt that any other birder in the Twin Cities has one on their yard list. Parking lot: A Common Myna at a gas station in Homestead, FL. Hotel: Tandayapa Bird Lodge in Ecuador. Spent hours trying to sort through the 15+ species of hummingbirds coming to the feeders. Work: A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher flying across the road as I drove my truck at about 65mph. the records committee did not believe my description of this unmistakable bird. It was probably the only report in the state that year. I received a lot of criticism for not stopping. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN swest...@comcast.net - Original Message - From: Pastor Al Schirmacher pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 11:08 AM Subject: [mou-net] Unusual locations Saw an interesting question on Facebook this morning: what is your favorite parking lot bird? Got me thinking about unusual locations: * Parking lot: Gray-crowned Rosy Finches in Cloquet, MN parking lot * Yard: tie between Cattle Egret and Prairie Falcon, north of Princeton, MN * Work: Lark Sparrow * Restaurant: tie between BB Magpie Golden Eagle * Hotel: Black-throated Magpie-Jay (business trip in Mexico many years ago, probably not unusual for residents). How about you? Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs Sherburne Counties pasto...@princetonfreechurch.net Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
