Linda Whyte just called to say that she is watching a Cerulean Warbler
singing at 4:53 pm.
For those who want to see it and perhaps add it to their BGBY list:
It is located at Minnehaha Falls Park on the east side of Minnehaha Creek a
short walk up from the river.
The location has three
My husband and I saw a Leucistic Canada Goose fly over with its regular
colored mate while at Lake Rebecca on Friday. While the bird appeared white
compared to its mate, there were faint markings on the feathers so it was not
a
true albino and easily distinguishable from other native white
I spotted a Loggerhead Shrike on the power line along CR 85 between Hwy 55
and CR 46. This is just West of Hastings, MN. The bird was there around 3pm
today.
Jennifer Vieth
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Linda Whyte just called from the Airport. She was looking at the Snowy Owl
perched on a lamp post located just before the second tunnel on Cargo Road.
Good luck.
Jen Vieth
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On the way to lunch we observed a Northern Shrike hunting at the corner of
122nd st and Morgan in Hastings. This is the portion of Hastings north of the
bridge in Washington County/Denmark Township. It was still in the area when we
drove by on the way back from lunch an hour later.
Jen Vieth
Birded Crex Meadows (Grantsburg, WI) for about four hours today. We saw 75
Rough-legged Hawks compared with only 17 Red-tailed Hawks, 7 Bald Eagles, 6
Northern Harriers and 4 Northern Shrikes. There are still MANY, MANY Sandhill
Cranes around. Very few ducks, some Trumpeter Swans and a
Birded both Schaar's Bluff and the Archery Trail section this morning with
friends.
The ONLY highlights at Schaar's Bluff were
Yellow-throated Vireo
Wood Thrush
and Black-throated Green Warbler
Otherwise it was fairly uneventful and I could have seen the same variety of
species in my back
My husband saw four grebes while he was fishing on the St. Croix River
(Minnesota side) tonight around 6:00 pm. They looked to him to be eared or
red-necked, but flew before he was able to get a close look at them.They were
about
1 mile north of Carpenter Nature Center and flew east. (They
It seems a little late in the owl season to see an Short Eared Owl. It was
flying over 160th St from the region of Barton Sand Gravel heading north. It
was west of their front gate where the grass on the hills is a little
longer.(Rosemount I believe) Sorry I don't have any better land
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Someone who knows waterfowl id much better than I do went by and checked out
my questionable juvenile greater white-fronted and I'm sad to say it is some
sort of domestic type
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Cruised by 140th 180th tonight around 5:45 just to see what was out and
about. Met a birder who had just seen the gyr over 180th. Not much else to
report there tonight.
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The baby needed a nap which is a great excuse for some drive-by birding.
It paid off.
The gyr was on a power pole at the intersection of 42 and 55 where the geese
were
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Nighthawks were present over our house in Hastings for much of June. I don't
think that I noticed a decrease in numbers. They are one of my favorite
migrants as well.
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I apologize for the late post but my husband just told me he saw a short
eared owl hunting in the Hwy52 / CR 42 cloverleaf at daybreak Tuesday morning.
A more timely post is
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My husband was out in Goodhue County today and saw another snowy owl this
time perched on a telephone pole. It was located approximately 2 miles west of
Bellechester. The road
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Around 4 pm this evening I saw a snowy owl on County road 7 approximately 1
mile north west of Ryan where the road makes a 90 degree turn. It was sitting
on the snow and flew
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Thanks Steve.
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The husband saw the Ibis again today. He has recanted the breeding plumage
Glossy after checking out a better bird book (Sibley). Either a Glossy or White
faced.
Jen Vieth
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On Sunday while duck hunting on Spring Lake my husband had an ibis fly
over/by him multiple times at fairly close range. Being from Missouri he
described
it as the size of a
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A pair of peregrines were on the Highway 61 bridge (heading north out of
Hastings) on the power stanchions around 8:30 am this morning.
Jen Vieth
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The Swainson's Hawk was kiting over Hwy 55 yesterday evening at 5pm. It was
about 1/2 mile east of the split between Hwy 55 and Hwy 52. Usually I see it a
little further south
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140th St. Marsh
Around 6:30 pm a flock of Lapland Longspurs touched down on the mud flats,
then flew south over the fields. There was also a flock of foraging
Short-billed
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One of the Swainson's Hawks is back in the Highway 52 County Road 42
vicinity. I observed it hunting tonight at 6:45 pm.
Jen Vieth
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While out looking at ducks this evening we came across a
prairie/Richardson's merlin at 180th Hwy 61 about 6:00pm.
Jen Vieth Dan Deutsch
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While observing waterfowl on sheet water in a field, an adult peregrine
strafed the lot, then perched on a nearby power stanchion. We were on Emery,
just
south of Hwy 42. It
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12:00 Friday Dan Deutsch saw a Peregrine at the Highway 61 bridge north of
Hastings. It was on the north east side of the river in a tree.
Jen Vieth
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The peregrine was on the east power stanchion tonight at 6:39pm. If I was to
make a guess, I think it was the female.
Jen
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Two friends from St. Louis, Missouri came to town to see the owls last
weekend.Of course the owls did not disappoint. As soon as Teri was off the
plane
we took a quick evening
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The husband saw the gyrfalcon this morning on his drive to work around 7:15
am. He said it was perched on a clump of cornstalks, about 20 feet from the
road, right near mile
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Yesterday morning about 8:15am there was a peregrine storming down Snelling
Ave. near the intersection with Thomas.
This evening at 5:50 pm a pair of peregrines were on the
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Introduced some Missouri friends to the bog yesterday. The day started slowly
but luckily we were able to locate both northern owl species and the
sightings picked up after 3pm.
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The gyrfalcon was on a power pole at the corner of Hwy 55 Fahey Ave.
tonight at 5:45 pm.
Jen Vieth
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8:55 am Saturday
I just got a call about the Snowy Owl at the Duluth Airport.
Another pair of birders were stopped by the police this morning while looking
at the Snowy Owl.
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Hello All,
We headed up to Duluth the bog on MLK Day for a little cold weather owling.
When we drove through Cloquet at 8:30 am the temperature read -32 degrees! I
couldn't
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Definitely one of the best birding days for me in a long time! An early start
from the cities got us to the bog a little after 7:20 am. We saw our two
target owl species in the
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