[mou-net] Jackson County R-n Phalaropes

2013-09-05 Thread Bob Ekblad
There are 40 R-n Phalaropes at the Heron Lake sewage ponds just south of town. They were mostly in the SE area in the back. Sent from Bob Ekblad's iPhone 507-269-7436 Byron, MN - Olmsted County http://www.Birding-Minnesota.com Join or Leave mou-net:

Re: [mou-net] Steele County shorebirds

2013-09-05 Thread dbmartin
Today also present were two Buff-breasted Sandpipers at the same location. Martins Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone Original message From: Bob Ekblad ekb...@frontiernet.net Date: 09/04/2013 2:22 PM (GMT-06:00) To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net]

[mou-net] Westwood Bird Walk

2013-09-05 Thread Vic Lewis
13 enthusiastic birders showed and Birded 4 hours and tallied 54 species! Highlights included 14 species of warblers including Golden Winged , Blackburnian, Magnollia, and Canada! 4 vireos including Blue Headed, Yellow throated, red Eyed and Warbling ! Lots and lots of RC Hummingbirds, olive

[mou-net] 3 Buff-breasted Sandpipers more (Duluth)

2013-09-05 Thread Erik Bruhnke
I spent the last few hours of yesterday along Park Point, just beyond the Sky Harbor airport. Three Buff-breasted Sandpipers made an exciting appearance, as did Sanderlings, a Semipalmated Plover, distant American White Pelicans and more. eBird list is below, followed by two pictures of the

[mou-net] Kingbirds--Lake Waconia area, Carver County

2013-09-05 Thread Frank Peterson
I noticed this year a, for me, surprising lack of sightings of both Western and Eastern Kingbirds. Over the past 5 years I have lived in this area I've had many sightings--but not this year--maybe no more than 10 birds since Spring. Has anyone one else noticed this in their area? Any ideas and

Re: [mou-net] Kingbirds--Lake Waconia area, Carver County

2013-09-05 Thread Bob Holtz
I agree. I have seen far fewer Eastern Kingbirds this year. Bob Holtz -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Frank Peterson Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 4:03 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Kingbirds--Lake Waconia area,

Re: [mou-net] Kingbirds--Lake Waconia area, Carver County

2013-09-05 Thread Jbaines317
Oddly enough I feel that I have seen many more Eastern Kingbirds this year than past years. That's in the southeast metro and also traveling up north and across WI MI. Jen Vieth In a message dated 9/5/2013 5:05:25 P.M. Central Daylight Time, bobholt...@comcast.net writes: I agree. I

[mou-net] Nobles County Red-necked Phalaropes

2013-09-05 Thread Bob Ekblad
There are 6 Red-necked Phalaropes at the Ellsworth sewage ponds (west cell) 1mi west of town (1mi north of Iowa) Sent from Bob Ekblad's iPhone 507-269-7436 Byron, MN - Olmsted County http://www.Birding-Minnesota.com Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net

[mou-net] [mou-rba] Northwest Minnesota Birding Report- Thursday, September 5, 2013

2013-09-05 Thread Jeanie Joppru
-RBA *Minnesota *Detroit Lakes *September 5, 2013 *MNDL1309.05 -Birds mentioned Trumpeter Swan Wild Turkey Horned Grebe Osprey Osprey Swainson's Hawk Virginia Rail Sora Buff-breasted Sandpiper Eurasian Collared-Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker Merlin Blue-headed Vireo Ruby-crowned Kinglet Palm Warbler

[mou-net] Carver County

2013-09-05 Thread John Cyrus
I spent about 5 hours birding the Minnesota River valley this morning with good warbler variety and numbers. Despite the numbers of birds I counted, there are still stretches of trail without any activity and many warbler can be easily missed as they silently(or very quietly) feed. Warbling