Salt Lake Birding Weekend 2011
April 30, Saturday, 7:00 to 8:00 a.m.
Ken Larson, home 952-595-9265, cell 612-210-8486
prairiemarshf...@comcast.net
Do you want to experience spring migration in Western Minnesota? Join us at
the 36th annual Salt Lake Birding Weekend, on April 30, 2010.
Saw an interesting question on Facebook this morning: what is your favorite
parking lot bird? Got me thinking about unusual locations:
* Parking lot: Gray-crowned Rosy Finches in Cloquet, MN parking lot
* Yard: tie between Cattle Egret and Prairie Falcon, north of Princeton, MN
* Work:
My dad saw a Gray Jay in Prior Lake on 1/23/11. After checking eBird, this
seems pretty rare so far south. I will inquire if he sees it again, or if
it was a fly by.
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Parking lot in Colorado: black-billed magpie
Yard (here in Grand Rapids, MN): mourning warbler
Work (here in Grand Rapids, MN): black-backed woodpecker
Restaurant; roof top dining (Veracruz, Mexico): 100s of thousands of
broad-winged hawks passing over; River of Raptors migration
Wes Bailey
Grand
It was one of the Florida parakeets, seen in a fast-food parking lot while a
drug deal was made in the car beside us. A female senior citizen and a teen
male were involved. We couldn't tell who was selling and who was buying. We
were careful about where we pointed our binoculars.
Jim Williams
A yellow throated warbler on the balcony of a restaurant in the Yukatan
south of Cancun, Feb 08
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About 20 pine grosbeaks and 15 redpolls are tying on their bibs and
freeloading on sunflower seed. No frosty redpolls, despite the cold
weather!
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My best parking lot find was the Eurasian Tree Sparrow. I walked through the
small area in which they are found in St. Louis. Finding none I returned to
the parking lot where one was waiting for me, perched on the curbing.
Bob Holtz
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Most memorable unusual location birds -
Yard: most thrilling, Sandhill Crane flyover, just clearing the rooftop,
right over me, calling, happened twice about 10 yrs apart;
H/Motel: Buena Vista in Duluth, as I entered the bathroom, a White-throated
Sparrow exploded from behind the shower
Yard: Whip-poor-will and Woodcock (city lot in Rochester)
On the bus on the way to work: Turkey
Mayo Clinic Campus: Turkey and Virginia Rail
On 1/24/2011 11:08 AM, Pastor Al Schirmacher wrote:
Saw an interesting question on Facebook this morning: what is your
favorite parking lot bird? Got
Today I posted a few pictures that I took at last weeks Bdathon including a
nice shot of a great grey owl and a shot of a northern hawk owl landing on a
branch.
http://ecobirder.blogspot.com/
Thanks,
Jeff Fischer
http://ecobirder.blogspot.com/
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A Sora Rail in the backyard picked up by my dog! (a whippet, not a sporting
dog) He gently carried the bird over to me. I took it to Wild Life Rehab which
was then at the U of M in St. Paul. Poor thing was missing its primary flight
feathers so could not migrate south. He was flown via NW
Best for me? Black-capped Vireos in parking lot at Wichita Mountains NWR in
OKlahoma.
It's the easiest place to see them now; far easier than anywhere in Texas.
Doug Chapman
Sioux Falls, SD
On Jan 24, 2011, at 1:35 PM, Bob Holtz wrote:
My best parking lot find was the Eurasian Tree Sparrow.
My Locations:
Hotel: Eastern Bluebirds at the Lodge at Pines Creek
Yard: Pine Warbler at the feeders in Petersburg, PA, when I was an intern
living at the Roost
Work: Red-shouldered Hawk perched on a lightpost outside the lunchroom at
PRBO
Parking Lot: Prairie Merlin seen when parked at a gas
Yard: Common Loon (calling flyover), Yellow-crowned Night Heron (adult landed
in the top of a cottonwood in my yard) - I live in a valley in the driftless
area 8 miles from the Mississippi, 20+ miles from the nearest lake and ½ mile
from nearest tiny creek. Rusty Blackbirds, Swamp Lincoln's
I have 2 recent favorite encounters - white-winged junco in the parking lot at
Stockade Lake in the Black Hills - very interested in its reflection in the
chrome on the vehicle. The 2nd is a cardinal in the parking lot at the Boat
Ramp at Oakwood Lakes State Park - it always ends up fighting
*Parking Lot -* *Snow Bunting* (Lifer) in Anoka county, *Magnificent
Frigatebird* (Lifer), Beach parking lot Lemon Bay FL *Cattle egret* at
Publix in SW Florida
*Work* - *Yellow-headed blackbird* during a job interview (Lifer), *Peregrine
Falcon* 20 ft out the 11th story window.
*Yard-
The Community Education program at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis
seeks an experienced birder to teach a weekly one hour class for four weeks
on basic birding skills. The proposed class will take place at Minnehaha
Park in May 2011 and include instruction on use of binoculars and tips on
This past weekend I guided two groups of friends around the bog, one on
Saturday morning and once on Sunday afternoon, into the night. Other than
the gorgeous Northern Goshawk seen very late yesterday (about 5:30pm) and a
Northern Shrike seen Saturday, the rest of the bird species listed were seen
Boundary Waters Canoe Area: Early 80's, late summer, south of Poplar Lake,
probably Caribou or Gaskin Lake. Canoe trip, us and another couple. While
using the designated throne by the designated camping spot several Spruce
Grouse walked right by me, much to my surprise. Boy are they quiet.
Parking lot: First Abert's Towhee, Scottsdale AZ
Yard: Varied Thrush and Long-eared Owl, Falcon Heights MN
Work: Snowy Owl, On the roof of Northup Auditorium, U of Minnesota
Restaurant: Western Kingbird, Rootbeer stand, Hudson WI
Hotel:First Magnificant Frigatebird, San Juan PR
Manley Olson
Even more! thinking about this topic I realized I was forgetting my early
birding years in the Detroit, MI area.
*Yard*: Blackburnian, Bay-breasted Chestnut-sided warblers from my bedroom
window!!! For a kid trapped in a very urban area this was an awe-inspiring
sight!
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at
Fun topic:
Parking lot: Gilson Park, Wilmette, Illinois, hot August day, Phillipines
Monkey-eating Eagle flies 25 feet in front of me, OMG, alas with jesses and Jim
Fowler and Marlin Perkins filming a TV show. There ought to be a law causing
heart failure.
Yard: Wilmette, Illinois,
I'm going to be in Stillwater for about 24 hours this weekend. Any
suggestions/ideas would be greatly appreciated. With my thanks...
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Yard: Ruffed Grouse White-winged Crossbills (lifer) in south Minneapolis.
Rufous-sided Towhee as a boy in Mt. Vernon, NY (very exciting).
One spring morning my wife is eating breakfast looking out over the lake.
Steve, what is that white bird on the lake? I came over, took a fast
look, and
The author, photographer, naturalist, Stan Tekiela will present a program
Amazing Hummingbirds this Thursday (1/27) for the Minnesota River Valley
Audubon Chapter (MRVAC)
This talk takes a fun and entertaining look at the world of hummingbirds. Stan
traveled all over the US to capture the
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