[mou-net] Far Western MN - shorebirds / misc.

Shorebirds are coming through in good total numbers and number of species in Western MN. A very short windshield stop at Salt Lake yesterday produced a nice group including: Dowitcher, Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs, Least, Semi- palmated, Willson's Phalarope, and Ruddy Turnstone. The water

[mou-net] Carver County-American Pipits

A flock of 11 American Pipits were feeding in a field near Assumption Lake in rural Carver County this morning. Songbirds were fairly sparse. I did find 11 warbler species including a Black-throated Green, but they were scattered(all at Carver Park and a few species at other locations

[mou-net] Louisiana Waterthrush - Henn County

At about noon, I id'd a Louisiana Waterthrush at the Old Cedar Ave bridge, west of the Parking Lot just west of the first pond, south of the trail (before the first boardwalk). I have never seen more Northern Waterthrushes in one place. They were chasing each other and flycatching from dead

[mou-net] Willets and Hudsonian Godwit, Blue Earth County

This afternoon Dedrick Benz and I found six Willets and one Hudsonian Godwit at the Mapleton sewage ponds in southern Blue Earth County. Also of note here were Bobolinks along the barbed wire fence enclosing the ponds. Bob Dunlap, Nicollet County Join or Leave

[mou-net] Carver Park - Northern Mockingbird

We went to Carver Park Reserve and walked from about 1:30-4:00 on the unpaved trail off of Carver Park Road. When we got to the scenic overlook northeast of Lundsten Lake we noticed an unusual and saw that it was a Northern Mockingbird. We observed it sitting in a tree by the overlook until it

[mou-net] FW: Tufted Titmouse and Harris's Sparrow, Cannon Falls, Goodhue Cty

_ From: Laura Coble [mailto:shearwate...@frontiernet.net] Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 5:52 PM To: 'mnb...@lists.mnbird.net' Subject: Tufted Titmouse and Harris's Sparrow, Cannon Falls, Goodhue Cty This morning around 7:30, I was delighted to see a Harris's Sparrow feeding on the

[mou-net] Finally a Hummer!! - Corcoran

Just got home from a little birding and a Male Ruby-throated just pulled up to the feeder!! I'm in need of a job!! Please see http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewlongtin Thank you.. -- Andrew Longtin Corcoran (Hennepin Co.) Minnesota See my WEB pages at: www.birderguy.com Email:

[mou-net] Cerulean Warbler, Swainson's Hawk, etc. - LeSueur Co.

Hi everyone, John Hockema and I birded today in LeSueur County. At Sakatah State Park, there was a singing Cerulean Warbler at the campground, and we observed a fly-over Swainson's Hawk. We stopped in Rice County, just west of Warsaw to observe many terns on the Cannon River. There

[mou-net] Hok-si-lah MRVAC Trip

Today, Saturday, 23 participants enjoyed a fine day of birding around Frontenac, mostly at Hok-si-lah park and on Sand Point. I counted a total of 76 species, although other species seen by participants were not listed. We had 16 warbler species. Almost all the warblers we saw were