[mou-net] 21 Warblers

Just returned from my annual four day birding vacation, culminated by the MOU Sherburne trip. Hopefully will have an opportunity to post more details tomorrow, but wanted to advise that 21 warblers were observed and heard by the field trip on Mahnomen and Blue Hill Trails in Sherburne Refuge

[mou-net] Mockingbird still present at Crane Lake

This morning I re-located the Northern Mockingbird at Handberg's Marina in Crane Lake (far northern St Louis County). He is hanging out around the Handberg sign and the public boat landing at 7123 Handberg Road. Dee Kuder Crane Lake, MN 55725 218-993-2445 Join or Leave

[mou-net] hooded warbler on the am of the 14th, minneapolis

From: Rich Pagen richwpa...@yahoo.com To: mou-...@lists.umn.edu Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 2:52 PM Subject: [mou-rba] hooded warbler on the am of the 14th, minneapolis At 830am on 14 May, a male hooded warbler (along with 15 other warbler species, 4 species of vireo, 3 species of thrush) was

[mou-net] Carver County-past few days

In yesterdays cold wind, birding was slow while I was out in the morning. I only managed 8 warbler species. I was probably out too early. The most unusual sparrow of the morning was a Harris's. That evening I stopped at Purgatory Creek in Eden Prairie(Hennepin Cty.). There was a flock of

[mou-net] Bell's vireo-Lake Nokomis, Mpls

The Bell's vireo is back at the same area of Lake Nokomis (Minneapolis) as last year. Great close-up views as it sings around its territory and with the leaves not filled in yet! Location: The lagoon (area west of Cedar Ave Bridge), along the west side pedestrian path. Stop by the huge

[mou-net] Goldfinches and Merlins in Bemidji

We have had many goldfinches at the feeders the last week. I am a little surprised because we have a pair of merlins nesting in the back yard (with young, I think). We haven't had many song birds this spring because of the merlins, but the goldfinches seem not to care. We do find quite a few

[mou-net] Plegadis Ibis Shorebirds, Brown Co.

Birded at the Sleepy Eye sewage ponds from 3:00 - 4:45 pm with Cody Fox of New Ulm. While the warbler migration has been poor at best around here, the shorebird migration has been very good. There were a few highlights that I thought worth mentioning. A Plegadis Ibis passed over the

[mou-net] Hooded warbler, Cannon R. Wilderness E., 5/16

(Please excuse the late post; obligations necessitate choosing between birding and posting, and we know what wins.) A daylong trip Saturday to the E. Cannon River Wilderness and Nerstrand Woods State Park yielded great looks at the following, among others: redstart, magnolia, yellow, c.

[mou-net] Post DL Festival Avocets and BB Plover

What do you do after a four day marathon of bird festival events? Bird all the way home! After the Agassiz NWF field trip I departed from Thief River Falls and opted for Cty Rd 1 east to Cty Rd 27/2. Heading south on (Pennington) 27/(Red Lake) 2 on the way to Gully passes through some of

[mou-net] Summer Tanager in Carver County

This evening around 5:15 my wife and I found a Summer Tanager at the Kelly Lakes Unit of the NWR. It was near the ground in a dried up swampy area acting like a flycatcher. We had great looks for a couple of minutes before the bird flew off and was not relocated. I marked the spot along the

[mou-net] Mankato area birds

My wife and I went birding in Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur counties this weekend. Thought I'd share a few of the birds we saw. Minneopa State Park, Blue Earth County: Yellow-throated and red-eyed vireo, blue-winged warblers, lark sparrows, Franklin's gulls (and one coyote!) Wildlife