On September 18, a flock of about 25 noisy Red Crossbills flew south over
Park Rapids. These sounded like the local song type.
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This afternoon a female cerulean warbler joined a small mixed flock of
warblers attracted to our water feature near Dorset. Great views! I
believe this is the first I've seen in the state, let alone Hubbard
County. The water is a real attraction during this hot drought.
Marshall Howe
The message below was sent to the wrong email. So, two weeks+ old but
still of interest.
Marshall Howe
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From: marshall or janet howe/mcmillen
Date: Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 6:09 PM
Subject: Crossbills, Hubbard County
To: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union
As a former bird biologist I agree with Alyssa in general on the impact of
playback. This is especially true with local rarities that attract a lot
of birder attention. This Worm-eating Warbler or the Swainson's in
Minnesota are cases in point. But playback is a crucial and legitimate
technique
OK, maybe enough of this
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> Maybe I'm the only metalhead here... I'll add these before this thread gets
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> Where Eagles Dare - Iron Maiden
> Blackbird - Alter Bridge
> The Sparrow - Mastodon
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> Also, this scholarly study...
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A very nice fallout of warblers and other neotropical migrants today near
Park Rapids. I recorded 11 species of warblers in my yard, including
Tennessee, Cape May, and Blackpoll (singles of each). Most species were
silent but actively feeding. The only singing species were Black and
White,
A great gray owl was found on private property north of Nevis on February 1
and beautifully photographed. I will post any further sightings of this
bird.
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A flock of 20 Evening Grosbeaks today at a feeder near Nevis.
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distancing, and
Today I saw my first fall northern shrike, an adult, just north of Park
Rapids.
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During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social
Laura Erickson is right about the protein needs of the young. It's pretty
normal during June for feeder attendance to drop way off for a few weeks,
as parents are collecting insects for their young and eating insects
themselves. This goes for seed-eaters as well as nectar-feeders. Action
should
I found single female (or juvenile?) white-winged crossbill in Lake Alice
Bog this morning. It was calling and foraging high in spruces.
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During the
I have a third-party report with photo documentation of a great gray owl
that has been seen daily near Dorset since January 25th.
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A varied thrush was seen and photographed yesterday on private property
north of Nevis.
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I neglected to name the county in my last post. Hubbard it is.
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An adult male orchard oriole appeared in our yard today, singing and
showing territorial behavior. Only the second we've seen in the county in
10 years.
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A loggerhead shrike was foraging from wires about 6 miles NE of Park Rapids
this afternoon. This is the first I've seen in the county over the past 9
years.
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Richard Hamilton Smith found a male summer tanager north of Park Rapids on
May 13th. The front half of the bird was red, the rear half yellow.
Excellent photos were obtained.
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My posting the other day of an observation of a snowy egret by an
acquaintance in Nevis, Hubbard County, turns out to be incorrect. I have
now seen the photos, which are of a great egret. The date of the
observation was April 11th. My apologies to any of you, like Becca
Engdahl, who may have
A snowy egret appeared in the Crow Wing River in Nevis in Hubbard County on
April 12th. A couple of photos were obtained.
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At 12:30 today there was a Eurasian Collared-Dove at the corner of 4th
Street and Front Avenue, Park Rapids.
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Normally we will have seen many hermit thrushes by this time in the fall
here in Hubbard County. This year none so far. This past April we had a
prolonged ice storm and hermit thrushes were on the roadsides everywhere by
the hundreds over several days. I think it likely that perhaps many tens
About 25 red crossbills in a tight flock flew south over downtown Park
Rapids this morning. By the "gentler" call type, I think these may be from
the population(s) that are being seen in western and southwestern
Minnesota, rather than our resident crossbills.
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warbler, blue-headed vireo, Baltimore oriole, rose-breasted
grosbeak, brown-headed cowbird, and red crossbill (which can occur here at
any time during the year). FOY northern waterthrush yesterday.
Marshall Howe
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I do not think this discussion is relevant to the purpose of the MOU
Listserve. I'm very sorry about the swan's fate, but it has nothing to do
with the MOU site. Please move the discussion to a list serve that deals
with animal humane issues. My computer is shaking with the burden of
emails.
Perhaps the flock that Herb Dingman reported is the same flock that flew
low over Dorset about 12:30 today. I had estimated the flock size at 75.
They were heading SSW and flying low, maybe 300 feet. They were giving
their squealy calls continuously.
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Did I miss something? I used to get the weekly regional reports on MOU-NET
but now they are apparently being posted elsewhere. How do I access them
now? Thanks.
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About 40 Bohemian waxwings feeding in our crabapples this morning near
Dorset. First in the area this year.
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I saw two evening grosbeaks briefly at my feeder near Dorset this morning
in southern Hubbard County. These are the first I've seen here in probably
three years. Also first-of-fall common redpolls, 4 flyovers.
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This afternoon a Townsend's solitaire was feeding in our crab apples near
Dorset (ca. 10 miles NE of Park Rapids).
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Congratulations to David Brislance and Allan Meadows for some of the best
bird photographs ever on the MOU or any other bird website! I look forward
to all the future postings.
The downside is that I can't compete with these and will probably confine
my future photos to plants and family. Or
On Tony Hertzel's suggestion, I first went to Big Bluestem SNA south of 10
between Hawley and Glyndon. I had a great time there. The weather was
perfect. I hadn't been to prairie habitats for quite some time. Wilson's
snipes and upland sandpipers were very common and very active in aerial
I'm planning a trip to Felton Prairie this week. I haven't seen any recent
posts from there. Does anyone know if (*and where*) the following species
are present:
Baird's sparrow
Henslow's sparrow
Sprague's pipit
And does anyone know how navigable the roads are after all this rain?
Thanks for
Many thanks to all who provided input on my questions. I suppose I should
have clarified that I wasn't specifically going to Felton for those 3
species. I just want a dose of prairie birds for a change of pace and
Felton is the closest suitable habitat to me. I thought, as long as I
would be
This morning a Eurasian Collared-dove was singing from the top of a
telephone pole in downtown Park Rapids, Hubbard County. This appears to be
the first record for the county. It will not be the last.
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I have a belated and very credible report of two worm-eating warblers
sighted yesterday, May 10th, on Hubbard County 13, several miles south of
Nevis, at this highway's second crossing of the Crow Wing River. The birds
were seen by John and Marlene Weber during a big day effort. This would
This is a re-send of a note that was rejected at the time of the apparent
server malfunction on the 11th:
I have a belated and very credible report of two worm-eating warblers
sighted Saturday, May 10th, on Hubbard County 13, about 5 miles south of
Nevis, at this highway's second crossing of the
I have the same question Chris West raised about the rationale for the
language in the bill. Is this really about owl harassment or is it about
protecting owls from persons who might see them as predators/varmints, to
deter such people from taking them (to use the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
A nice group of warblers was foraging in willow flowers this afternoon
behind our home near Dorset. Flocks included Tennessee, orange-crowned,
and yellow (the 3 commonest species), but also yellow-rumped, magnolia,
black and white, Wilson's, and blackpoll. Palm and pine warblers have also
been
Starlings are incredible mimics but beware of blue jays too. I nearly
recorded a late osprey in November last year but had doubts because it came
from the woods and was far too late in the year. Later a blue jay in the
yard did a perfect imitation of both the standard kip-kip-kip call as
well as
No one seems tohave mentioned the breeding bird atlas database with regard
to dickcissel documentation. I have reported dickissels from Clearwater
and Hubbard Counties to the MNBBA. There may more records buried there
that haven't surfaced through other venues. I've also found (but not
reported
While conducting Breeding Bird Atlas work today, I found a male dickcissel
singing in southeastern Clearwater County on County Road 29 just east of
County Road 2, 2 miles from the Beltrami County line. Also in the area was
a singing LeConte's sparrow, which I now know, from the MOU occurrence
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
Mark Palas posed a comment that suggested cowbird control might be
considered more seriously than it has, because of how man's activities
exacerbate their negative effect on host species. A classic case of how
this approach has been successful has been in the management of the
endangered
I found a whimbrel today feeding in an extensive short-grass area in
southwestern Cass County. The site was just to the south of the short
stretch of MN 64 that jogs east-west between Hubbard and Cass Counties. The
bird was about 100 feet south of the Hubbard County line.
Marshall Howe
On December 29th, while driving north for the Beltrami Island CBC, I
observed a great gray owl perched close to the road in a conifer. The
location was on MN 72, 11 miles south of Waskish, Beltrami County.
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I have to take exception to a posting earlier today by Darrell Ayers. He
referenced a very interesting, though not current, article about how
Japanese high-speed trains have been redesigned to emulate the aerodynamic
qualities of kingfisher bill morphology, and that this modification has
improved
A varied thrush appeared at a private property today, 7 miles ENE of Park
Rapids, Hubbard County. It was feeding on sunflower seeds on the ground
and photographed identifiably. I think this may be the first reported in
Minnesota this fall.
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Two U.S. species I have heard duetting are Carolina wrens and great crested
flycatchers. The latter is particularly interesting, because duetting
mainly occurs in non-migratory species with long-term pair bonds. Great
crested flycatchers are highly migratory, though many other members of
their
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