...I was doing some gardening in the almost freezing weather this afternoon,
when I heard a call other than the White-throated Sparrow flock that had
been working its way through. We also had a nice wave of Ruby-crowned
Kinglets, and I had already seen several Yellow-rumped Warblers and a
Two Forster's terns flying over the FOC at French Regional Park in Plymouth
this morning.
Nick Tangen
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It was a dark and stormy Saturday...as I sat sipping coffee Saturday
morning, looking out over my backyard landscaping, I was astonished to
see a flock of 60+ sparrows chicken scratching in my mulch - One
White-crowned adult male, the remainder were White-Throated Sparrows, as
near as I could
This weekend brought in the first big wave of migrants to Winona. The
viewing conditions are excellent, in that most trees haven't even started
flowering. Woodlawn Cemetary, the area between USFWS McNally Landing
and Verchota Landing (on Prairie Island Drive), and the Deer Park (on Prairie
Two male and one female FOY Bluebirds, Dam Lake St. Aitkin Co.
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Relatively quiet today at Boom Island Park and Nicollet Island, but notable
FOY for me: clay colored sparrow buzzing away in the mini-prairie near the
river, plus on my way home heard one in the park behind my house- never
have heard one there before.
Also saw a brown thrasher in a yard
Hi All--I have posted the photos of yesterday's Hooded Warbler on my blog:
http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com
I have not seen the bird today. Yesterday our neighbor photographed the
bird in her backyard and noticed that it was banded. As many warblers are
doing in this cold weather, the
On Friday afternoon USFWS biologists Mike Green, Stephanie Jones, Bill
Howe, Tom Will, and Eric Kerschner found a single alternate-plumaged
Smith's Longspur in the NW quadrat of the Yellow Bank Hills State Natural
Area, a 78-acre hilly site on the east side of Pegg Lake. Observers also
found and
Golden Valley, Hennepin County
2-May-2011 at 10:00 am CT
I observed (through my 10x42 EL bins from 50 ft) a single adult White-crowned
Sparrow ground feeding below my backyard feeders, among a half-dozen
White-throated sparrows.
Field marks conformed to all field guide illustrations for this
The MBWbirds website (http://mbwbirds.com) has been updated today, May
2, with the status of all registrations for this season of MBWs
(Minnesota Birding Weeks Weekends). Although some MBWs are already
filled, there are still vacancies on several others, including this
month's Minnesota
Two wonderful male Palm Warblers this a.m.. The great thing about being in a
new locale is it's like you're starting birding all over again. The old WoW
factor comes back.
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Cass County, Mn
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Hello!
We went for a drive along the Wildlife Drive in Sherburne National Wildlife
Refuge on Friday. Here is what we saw:
Two Eagle Nests - The Stickney Pool Nest and another across either Bergerson
Pool or the School House Pool
Trumpeter Swans
Canadian Geese
Tree Swallows
Indigo Bunting
A fairly quick pace through Katherine Abbot Park in Mahtomedi yielded tons
of birds. Besides the usual, I noticed lots of bluebirds, black and white
warbler, white crowned and white throated sparrows, ruby-crowned kinglet,
belted kingfisher, green heron, turkeys, deer and a beaver! I need more
On the way home tonight I spotted some Phalarope's spinning out in the water
on a flooded field, the field is on the east side of Holy Name Dr. between
Medina Rd. and County Road 24.. I didn't have a spotting scope with me so I
don't know what kind they were.. There are Blue-winged Teal and
This afternoon Chad Heins and I observed 9 ibises in flight over the
WMA 1 mile north of the town of Nicollet on the east side of Hwy. 111.
Viewed from below it was nearly impossible to discern any color
details on the birds, but in all likelihood these were White-faced
Ibises. The birds
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May 12 to 15 includes 19 nature walks at sites in St. Paul and around the metro
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On a trip from Mapleton to Albert Lea and back, we had a nice
encounter with 10 Long-billed Dowitchers working in a flooded farm
field near Freeborn.
On return stopped at in-laws east of Lura Lake and looked at photos
they took yesterday of a male Baltimore Oriole and three Rose-breasted
On the way home this evening, I pulled along the roadside (CR 9) just south of
the Avon exit from I-94, to take a couple of quick shots of a green heron. I
LOVE green herons - they're such an interesting bird with cool hunting
techniques. I was so absorbed with the heron I almost missed my
Hi all,
I stopped by Lake Calhoun for a little look after work. Spotted a good
number of Horned and Pied-billed Grebes, Red-breasted Mergansers, and
Yellow-rumps. Also present was a lone Red-necked Grebe, a Spotted Sandpiper
and a Common Loon.
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*Thanks,
Nicholas R Tangen
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This afternoon at my feeders I had first of the years a male Rose-breasted
Grosbeak, White-crowned Sparrows, and a Swamp Sparrow... also still have 2
Common Redpolls!
Regards
Don Kienholz
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I was in Lakeville this evening, so I took a quick spin over to the area
around Vermillion. The highlight was a 180th Street marsh packed with
birds. With ducks flying over constantly, blackbirds singing from the
reedbeds, and a cacophony of birds all around, I was able to see or hear
the
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