A male Western Tanager was at a feeder at a farm place not far from
Minnesota Lake this early evening.
Minnesota Lake has an island on which pelicans nest.
Just looking at birds,
Al Batt
Hartland
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There was a White-faced Ibis today on the Straight River Marsh along Highway
45 between Ellendale and Owatonna in Steele County.
Good luck.
Al Batt
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Birds from that thrilling day of yesterday.
A Hooded Warbler at the outdoor church on Big Island at Myre-Big Island
State Park. It alighted upon a pew. It was a wonderful service. There was one
in the same location a few years ago.
A Western Tanager on Lincoln Avenue in Albert Lea.
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I do it every year?usually more than once. I get up in the middle of the
night and trudge into the darkness, enduring the cold in order to count birds.
As Galileo said, ?The language of nature is number.? So we count things.
It?s a fowl job counting birds. The weather isn?t always good,
I just noticed that there were no dates on my previous posting. My
apologies. The Midwest Birding Symposium runs September 13-16, 2007.
Al Batt
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The Quad Cities will host its second Midwest Birding Symposium. It will be
held at the Stoney Creek Inn Conference Center in Moline, Illinois.
This year's Midwest Birding Symposium will highlight fall migrants of the
Upper Mississippi River Valley on morning and all day field trips
I had great looks at a Western Tanager near Hartland this morning. It was
coming to a feeder at a friend's farm.
If anyone would like to see this fine Freeborn County bird while being
serenaded by a chorus of White-throated Sparrows, please give Pat a call. Her
number is 507-845-2378.
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Carolyn Fischer called to say that she saw a dead Snowy Owl on I-35 near the
Medford exit on Tuesday afternoon.
Al Batt
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This sent for the good of all at the request of Ric Zarwell.
Would you like to enjoy a relaxing, inexpensive, nearby, family-oriented,
3-day birding festival that has grown
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The May 29 issue of The New Yorker contains A Reporter at Large article
titled Ruffled Feathers by John Seabrook. It uncovers the biggest scandal
in
the bird world.
It
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Does anyone have a small band size pliers they would be willing to part with?
A college project is in need of one. They have tried the banding supply
outfits and found this
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I am sending this information along at the request of a number of members of
these lists.
Re: Birds of the Minneapolis-St. Paul region. Combined Field check list and
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Turkey Vulture seen on March 22 near Fountain Lake in Albert Lea, miles from
the nearest lutefisk feed.
Al Batt
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Peregrine Falcon along Fountain Lake.
Carolina Wrens at 3 locations--Lincoln, Rosehill and Oakwood Drive--all in
Albert Lea.
Bluebirds, robins and killdeer, oh, my.
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A Carolina Wren reported straight south of the Albert Lea Tribune. The
newspaper office is on Front Street.
Al Batt
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There was a Ross's Goose on Beaver Lake near Ellendale early this morning.
It was on the south side of the lake. Had very close looks at the bird.
Al Batt
Hartland
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A Fun-packed Time on Mississippi River with Enormous Numbers of Wildlife
Where will visiting nature lovers and birdwatchers be able to enjoy
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Here is a link for the Midwest Birding Symposium taking place in Davenport,
Iowa in October.
Al Batt
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I got off my leash again.
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A male Western Tanager at feeder along Dane Bay in Albert Lea today.
Wishing you a day filled with both zippities and doo-dahs,
Al Batt
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Two Cattle Egrets just south of Hartland.
Summer Tanager near Lake Francis. Unable to find again.
This passed on upon request.
The Nature of Amery Festival will be held on
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The nattily-attired Harris's Sparrows have arrived in our yard along with
various warblers, vireos, Clay-colored Sparrows, Swainson's Thrush, etc.
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The Rake magazine has a couple of very interesting articles about birds this
month.
The first is a piece about Francis Lee Jaques, Minnesota' homegrown Audubon.
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A large flock of Lapland Longspurs traversed the vast wasteland that
masquerades as my farm yesterday.
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This is a forward from the IA-BIRD list.
Al Batt
Subject: Northern hawk owl incident
From: LL RD Scarth sca...@infionline.net
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 07:23:10 -0600
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I spent some time with Mr. Garrett on Monday in Manly. He was a happy
camper.
Al Batt
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Timberjay News Tower.Ely.Orr Friday, January 28, 2005
Volume 16, Issue 5
Owlers bring in surprising influx of dollars
By Steve Foss
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I love Christmas Bird Counts!
This was the year of the Pileated Woodpecker in our neck of the woods. I've
seen 6 of them at various counts during the CBC season.
The
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The 3rd Annual Rivers Bluffs Fall Birding Festival will take place in
Lansing, Iowa on Nov. 12-14, 2004
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It was my great pleasure to man the MOU booth for a bit again this year.
What a treat!
Things went well.
I avoided eating anything on a stick.
I acquired a nifty bag
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An interesting article.
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I have been getting many calls at home and to the radio stations as well as a
number of e-mails reporting large numbers of dead House Sparrows around
feeders.
Have any outbreaks
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There is a Varied Thrush coming to a feeder on a farm near Blooming Prairie.
Al Batt
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FYI,
Al Batt
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An odd observation from an odd duck.
We drove 85 miles in a completely rural territory for Albert Lea's CBC this
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A final reminder (sounds like a magazine subscription notice, doesn't it?)
that Albert Lea's CBC will be held this Saturday, January 3. We are always
looking for more birds and
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I am a lifelong resident of an area where the residents are known for being
behind and are proud of it (we do like this new electricity thing, however).
In keeping with that
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Thanks to Helen Tucker, Mike Hendrickson and Mark Alt, the Boreal Owl boxes
have departed my Batt House and are on their way to Bill Lane. Thanks, too,
to Chris Benson for his
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I worked at the MOU booth at the State Fair Sunday--Minnesota's hottest get
together. I had a wonderful time. I was greeted by Bonnie Mulligan and
Charlie Greenman. I worked
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There is another great bird book for you to jam into your bulging
bookshelves. It is Birds of Minnesota and Wisconsinby Robert B. Janssen,
Daryl D.
Tessen and Gregory Kennedy.
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It was a great article in the Strib about a great guy. Bob is a birding
fool.
Mosquitoes have issued the all bite signal here in Hartland,
Al Batt
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I didn't get a May basket, but I did get a Ruby-throated Hummingbird and a
Summer Tanager in my yard. The Summer Tanager is a young male, with a little
green on his wings, rump
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