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Today (Monday, Oct. 23rd) at 12:30 pm, Jane Wicklund, Barb Wojahn, and Cheri Steinmueller discovered two Surf Scoters near the west shore of Bald Eagle Lake in Ramsey County. Jane had tentatively ID'd one bird at the same spot yesterday at 2:30 pm. Returned today at 10:30 am - not in view, but fishing boat in area. Returned again at 12:30 pm and had good looks at possible adult female and one juvenile. They swam south as a fishing boat trolled into the area. Directions: go approx. 1/2 mile north of where County Road H2 (County Rd. 5) intersects Bald Eagle Blvd. Look for large pull-off next to the lake, posted as "No Parking". Cheri Steinmueller Little Canada, MN [email protected] wrote: Send mou-net mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of mou-net digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Northern Shrike-Ramsey County (Earl Orf) 2. Three-toed Woodpeckers (Mike Hendrickson) 3. Crex Meadows, WI report (Sharon Stiteler) 4. north shore weekend birds (tana) 5. CAGU & other NW birds (Benjamin Fritchman) 6. Cook County sightings (Jim Lind) 7. Plegadis Ibis in Pope County (Williams, Bob) 8. Purgatory Creek LBBG and Albinistic Red-Tailed Hawk (Joel Claus) 9. North Shore Birding and others (Clark, Scott) 10. update Duluth, Mt Bluebird (Don Kienholz) 11. Bird scratch observations (Thomas Maiello) --__--__-- Message: 1 Reply-To: From: "Earl Orf" To: "MOU Listserve" , Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:53:15 -0500 Organization: uslink.net Subject: [mou] Northern Shrike-Ramsey County This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C6F5E1.6E07A7C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This morning I saw a Northern Shrike in a tree outside our apartment in Shoreview. As I watched it through the scope, it regurgitated a pellet = like an owl would do. I didn't know they would do that. =20 Earl Orf web site www.earlorfphotos.com=20 =20 =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C6F5E1.6E07A7C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable charset=3Dus-ascii"> /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {font-family:Arial; color:windowtext;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>This morning I saw a Northern Shrike in a tree = outside our apartment in style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Shoreviewface=3DArial>style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. As I watched it = through the scope, it regurgitated a pellet like an owl would do. I = didnt know they would do that. style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Earl Orf style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>web site href=3D"http://www.earlorfphotos.com";>www.earlorfphotos.com an> style=3D'font-size: 12.0pt'> style=3D'font-size: 12.0pt'> style=3D'font-size: 12.0pt'> ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C6F5E1.6E07A7C0-- --__--__-- Message: 2 From: "Mike Hendrickson" To: "MOU-Net" Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:05:47 -0500 Subject: [mou] Three-toed Woodpeckers This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C6F5EB.8E47FD00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >From the light house in Two Harbors walk along the main trail along Lake = Superior for at least 150 yards and this is where I discovered a male = Three-toed Woodpecker. I called Jim Lind who was birding with Denny = Martin, Barb Martin and Mike Steffes who were out looking for the = reported Three-toed Woodpecker seen on Saturday. While all of us were = enjoying the male Three-toed Woodpecker, Jim Lind spotted the female = Three-toed Woodpecker as it landed on the same tree as the male. The = trail between the light house and where the trail takes a 90 degree turn = to the north had at least 6 Black-backed Woodpeckers!! Some of the = Black-backed woodpeckers you could walk right up to them as the scraped = the bark off the spruce trees. I took a lot of photos as did Jim Lind = and Denny Martin. I will be putting my photos on my website this evening = after the Viking football game. Look for these photos in the "Recently = Seen" section of my website. Other birds: -Western Grebe=20 -Gray Jays -Red Crossbills -Northern Shrike Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C6F5EB.8E47FD00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable charset=3Diso-8859-1"> From the light house in Two = Harbors walk=20 along the main trail along Lake Superior for at least 150 yards and this = is=20 where I discovered a male Three-toed Woodpecker. I called Jim Lind = who was=20 birding with Denny Martin, Barb Martin and Mike Steffes who were out = looking for=20 the reported Three-toed Woodpecker seen on Saturday. While all of us = were=20 enjoying the male Three-toed Woodpecker, Jim Lind spotted the female = Three-toed=20 Woodpecker as it landed on the same tree as the male. The trail = between=20 the light house and where the trail takes a 90 degree turn to the north = had at=20 least 6 Black-backed Woodpeckers!! Some of the Black-backed woodpeckers = you=20 could walk right up to them as the scraped the bark off the spruce = trees. I took=20 a lot of photos as did Jim Lind and Denny Martin. I will be putting my = photos on=20 my website this evening after the Viking football game. Look for these = photos in=20 the "Recently Seen" section of my website. Other birds: -Western Grebe -Gray Jays -Red Crossbills -Northern Shrike Michael = Hendrickson Duluth,=20 Minnesota href=3D"http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/";>http://webpages.chart= er.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C6F5EB.8E47FD00-- --__--__-- Message: 3 To: mnbird , MOU-net Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:18:40 -0500 From: Sharon Stiteler Subject: [mou] Crex Meadows, WI report --Apple-Mail-7-705010446 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed This isn't really Minnesota birding, but it's close enough for Minnesota birders to visit. Last night I went with Stan Tekiela on his Crex Meadows evening crane viewing field trip. At dusk we watched at least 4 short-eared owls flying around and harassing a first year northern harrier--quite a fun show. Other species of interest including snow buntings, lapland longspurs, rough-legged hawk, merlin, trumpeter swans and sandhill cranes. Another interesting observation was seeing a red-shouldered hawk perched on a highway sign on hwy 35 going north just past North Branch. Sharon Stiteler www.birdchick.com Minneapolis, MN --Apple-Mail-7-705010446 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">This isn't really Minnesota = birding, but it's close enough for Minnesota birders to visit. class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"> Last night I went with Stan = Tekiela on his Crex Meadows evening crane viewing field trip.=A0 At dusk = we watched at least 4 short-eared owls flying around and harassing a = first year northern harrier--quite a fun show.=A0 Other species of = interest including snow buntings, lapland longspurs, rough-legged hawk, = merlin, trumpeter swans and sandhill cranes. class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"> Another interesting = observation was seeing a red-shouldered hawk perched on a highway sign = on hwy 35 going north just past North Branch. class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"> class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "> Sharon = Stiteler www.birdchick.com Minneapolis, = MN class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"> class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> = --Apple-Mail-7-705010446-- --__--__-- Message: 4 Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:56:51 -0500 (GMT-05:00) From: tana Reply-To: tana To: [email protected] Subject: [mou] north shore weekend birds I took a break from homework and visited the north shore this weekend with my parents. We saw around sixty species, with the following being our better finds - 10/21 RED-NECKED GREBE - Five Mile Rock CACKLING GOOSE - Two Harbors Golf Course SNOW GOOSE - Two Harbors Golf Course (a few blue morphs present) ROSS'S GOOSE - 2 at Two Harbors Golf Course BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER - Two Harbors - Lighthouse Point GRAY JAY - a few along Highway 61, including one feeding on a roadkilled deer MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD - refound the individual at Bayfront Park - right along the canal - it was on the cement objects there (don't know exactly what they're called) AMERICAN PIPIT - many spots LAPLAND LONGSPUR - many spots SNOW BUNTING - many spots 10/22 SNOW GOOSE - Park Point SURF SCOTER - Park Point WHITE-WINGED SCOTER - Park Point AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER - 1 male at Brighton Beach - near the outhouse The crows were migrating in very large numbers. Also saw numerous juvenile bald eagles and found a dead lake sturgeon at Park Point. Good birding to everyone! Keith Pulles, Wright County --__--__-- Message: 5 From: "Benjamin Fritchman" To: [email protected] Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 16:54:02 -0500 Subject: [mou] CAGU & other NW birds Bob Dunlap and I spent Saturday and Sunday birding Mahnomen, Norman, Polk, Clay, and Wilkin Counties. Our best bird was found this morning around 11, which was the California Gull at the Hawley landfill. It was relocated a little later by Kim Eckert and his MBW group, but it was on the east side of 190th st. in a gravel pit when he found it. Bob and I originally had it in the dump itself on the west side of the road. Some pictures were taken by Bob and I, and notes were taken. Here are some of the better birds from this weekend: Saturday: Gray Jay-Norman County-Just north of Syre on Hwy. 32 in a pine and cedar grove, across from the cemetery. Bohemian Waxwing-Mahnomen County-1 bird in the town of Mahnomen across the Hwy. from the casino in a crabapple tree. Surf Scoter-Polk County-Oak Lake near Erskine. Short-eared Owl-Polk County-4 miles south of the CR 44 and CR 45 junction SE of Crookston, then 1/2 mile east. Great Horned Owl-Polk County-calling at the same location as the Short-eared, sounded like it was coming from a woodlot to the north. We ran into Kim Eckert's group, and they had 2 Gray Jays at different locations in Polk Co. They're coming! Sunday: California Gull-I noticed a gull that was larger than the surrounding RB Gulls, and after it turned its head, I could see its bill which had a red gony and a black line on the bill. I immediately called Bob over and together we saw all the remaining neccessary field marks. Also present were Ring-billed and Herring Gulls which gave us excellent comparisons. Gray Jay was not relocated in Clay County. 82 species for the weekend. Other birds seen were Snow Buntings in small flocks, 1 Common Redpoll in Norman Co. 1 Northern Shrike at Waubun WMA. Tundra Swans at a few locations. 1 Rough legged Hawk in Wilkin. Cackling Geese in several spots. 12 LB dowitchers at the Moorhead Sewage Ponds. 1 Pectoral Sandpiper at the Breckenridge Sewage Ponds. Longspurs and Pipits in small numbers. Raptors migrating in good numbers, especially in Mahnomen county. Thanks to Bob Dunlap for his eagle eyes which made this weekend more enjoyable by an exponential amount. Thanks also to Kim and his group who gave us tips on birds in the area. All in all a cold but great weekend. Ben Fritchman _________________________________________________________________ Get today's hot entertainment gossip http://movies.msn.com/movies/hotgossip?icid=T002MSN03A07001 --__--__-- Message: 6 From: "Jim Lind" To: [email protected] Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:49:57 -0600 Subject: [mou] Cook County sightings Ann Russ reported that she found a Townsend Solitaire, Black-backed Woodpecker, and Gray Jays at Taconite Harbor today, as well as two more Black-backed Woodpeckers at Temperance River State Park. I also have a belated report from October 15th of a Varied Thrush in a flock of American Robins in Grand Marais near 3rd Street and West 3rd Avenue. Jim Lind --__--__-- Message: 7 From: "Williams, Bob" To: "MNBird ([email protected])" , "MOU ([email protected])" Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:52:41 -0500 Subject: [mou] Plegadis Ibis in Pope County --_C915C21E-70CC-4915-89EE-194BE5322029_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Late this afternoon I found a Plegadis Ibis on the east side of Lake Johann= a WPA in SE Pope County(about 3 miles WSW of the town of Brooten which is i= n SW Stearns County). It was seen on the west side of Co. Rd.=20 37 at 4 tenths of a mile south of Co. Rd. 8. It was at least 200 yards awa= y so no chance to look for any distinguishing marks facing into strong, col= d winds. Bob Williams, Bloomington =20 --_C915C21E-70CC-4915-89EE-194BE5322029_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Late this afternoon I foun= d a Plegadis Ibis on the east side of Lake Johanna WPA in SE Pope= County(about 3 miles WSW of the town of Brooten which is in SW Stearn= s County). It was seen on the west side of Co. Rd. FONT> 37 at 4 tenths of a mile s= outh of Co. Rd. 8. It was at least 200 yards away so no chance to loo= k for any distinguishing marks facing into strong, cold winds. Bob Williams, Bloomington&= nbsp; --_C915C21E-70CC-4915-89EE-194BE5322029_-- --__--__-- Message: 8 From: "Joel Claus" To: [email protected], [email protected] Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:24:13 -0500 Subject: [mou] Purgatory Creek LBBG and Albinistic Red-Tailed Hawk About 5:15 PM this evening I observed an Adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL in a mixed flock of Herring and Ring-Billed Gulls in the Purgatory Creek wetland near the junction of 212 and Hwy 5 in Eden Prairie. Earlier this afternoon (2 PM) I had a quick look at the albinistic Red-Tailed hawk that was reported last week by David Remiger. It was in roughly the same location near the junction of Prairie Center drive and 78th street. I only saw the back side of the bird as it perched in a tree and saw no trace of pigmentation. It was pure snowy white - cool bird! --__--__-- Message: 9 Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:28:10 -0500 From: "Clark, Scott" To: Subject: [mou] North Shore Birding and others This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C6F6A7.21DAB508 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Highlights of the Northshore-LeConte's Sparrow at Flood Bay, a late juvenile y.b. sapsucker at the Two Harbors lighthouse, a kestrel "hawking" and terrifying a group of snow buntings at Kittichi Gama Park ( Friday October 20th ) and a late Tennessee Warbler in Duquette (Pine County) on June 21st. One other note- at Elm Creek Park I saw one week ago and this week at least 4 purple finches. =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C6F6A7.21DAB508 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40";> charset=3Dus-ascii"> namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"PlaceType"/> namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"PlaceName"/> namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"place"/> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:Arial; color:windowtext;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Highlights of the NorthshoreLeContes = Sparrow at w:st=3D"on">Flood w:st=3D"on">Bay, a late juvenile y.b. = sapsucker at the Two Harbors lighthouse, a kestrel hawking and = terrifying a group of snow buntings at Kittichi Gama Park ( Friday October = 20th ) and a late Tennessee Warbler in Duquette (Pine County) on June = 21st. One other note- at === message truncated === --0-127586072-1161631324=:92000 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <div>Today (Monday, Oct. 23rd) at 12:30 pm, Jane Wicklund, Barb Wojahn, and Cheri Steinmueller discovered two Surf Scoters near the west shore of Bald Eagle Lake in Ramsey County. Jane had tentatively ID'd one bird at the same spot yesterday at 2:30 pm. Returned today at 10:30 am - not in view, but fishing boat in area. Returned again at 12:30 pm and had good looks at possible adult female and one juvenile. They swam south as a fishing boat trolled into the area. Directions: go approx. 1/2 mile north of where County Road H2 (County Rd. 5) intersects Bald Eagle Blvd. Look for large pull-off next to the lake, posted as "No Parking".</div> <div> </div> <div>Cheri Steinmueller</div> <div>Little Canada, MN<BR><BR><B><I>[email protected]</I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Send mou-net mailing list submissions to<BR>[email protected]<BR><BR>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR>http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net<BR>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR>[email protected]<BR><BR>You can reach the person managing the list at<BR>[email protected]<BR><BR>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>than "Re: Contents of mou-net digest..."<BR><BR><BR>Today's Topics:<BR><BR>1. Northern Shrike-Ramsey County (Earl Orf)<BR>2. Three-toed Woodpeckers (Mike Hendrickson)<BR>3. Crex Meadows, WI report (Sharon Stiteler)<BR>4. north shore weekend birds (tana)<BR>5. CAGU & other NW birds (Benjamin Fritchman)<BR>6. Cook County sightings (Jim Lind)<BR>7. Plegadis Ibis in Pope County (Williams, Bob)<BR>8. Purgatory Creek LBBG and Albinistic Red-Tailed Hawk (Joel Claus)<BR>9. North Shore Birding and others (Clark, Scott)<BR>10. update Duluth, Mt Bluebird (Don Kienholz)<BR>11. Bird scratch observations (Thomas Maiello)<BR><BR>--__--__--<BR><BR>Message: 1<BR>Reply-To: <[email protected]><BR>From: "Earl Orf" <[email protected]><BR>To: "MOU Listserve" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]><BR>Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:53:15 -0500<BR>Organization: uslink.net<BR>Subject: [mou] Northern Shrike-Ramsey County<BR><BR>This is a multi-part message in MIME format.<BR><BR>------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C6F5E1.6E07A7C0<BR>Content-Type: text/plain;<BR>charset="us-ascii"<BR>Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable<BR><BR>This morning I saw a Northern Shrike in a tree outside our apartment in<BR>Shoreview. As I watched it through the scope, it regurgitated a pellet =<BR>like<BR>an owl would do. I didn't know they would do that.<BR><BR>=20<BR><BR>Earl Orf<BR><BR>web site www.earlorfphotos.com=20<BR><BR>=20<BR><BR>=20<BR><BR>=20<BR><BR><BR>------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C6F5E1.6E07A7C0<BR>Content-Type: text/html;<BR>charset="us-ascii"<BR>Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <META http-equiv='3D"Content-Type"' content='3D"text/html;' ="<br">charset=3Dus-ascii"><BR><BR><BR> <META content='3D"Microsoft' name=3DGenerator (filtered)? 10 Word><BR><BR> <STYLE><br><!--<br> /* Style Definitions */<br> p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal<br> {margin:0in;<br> margin-bottom:.0001pt;<br> font-size:12.0pt;<br> font-family:"Times New Roman";}<br>a:link, span.MsoHyperlink<br> {color:blue;<br> text-decoration:underline;}<br>a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed<br> {color:purple;<br> text-decoration:underline;}<br>span.EmailStyle17<br> {font-family:Arial;<br> color:windowtext;}<br>@page Section1<br> {size:8.5in 11.0in;<br> margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;}<br>div.Section1<br> {page:Section1;}<br>--><br></STYLE> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV class=3DSection1><BR><BR> <div class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3><SPAN ="<br">style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;<BR>font-family:Arial'>This morning I saw a Northern Shrike in a tree =<BR>outside our<BR>apartment in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3><SPAN ="<br">style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;<BR>font-family:Arial'>Shoreview</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=3 ="<br">face=3DArial><SPAN<BR>style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. As I watched it =<BR>through the<BR>scope, it regurgitated a pellet like an owl would do. I =<BR>didnt know they<BR>would do that.</SPAN></FONT></div><BR><BR> <div class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3><SPAN ="<br">style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;<BR>font-family:Arial'> </SPAN></FONT></div><BR><BR> <div class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3><SPAN ="<br">style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;<BR>font-family:Arial'>Earl Orf</SPAN></FONT></div><BR><BR> <div class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3><SPAN ="<br">style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;<BR>font-family:Arial'>web site <A ="<br">href=3D"http://www.earlorfphotos.com">www.earlorfphotos.com</A> </SP=<BR>an></FONT></div><BR><BR> <div class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face='3D"Times' size=3 Roman? New><SPAN ="<br">style=3D'font-size:<BR>12.0pt'> </SPAN></FONT></div><BR><BR> <div class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face='3D"Times' size=3 Roman? New><SPAN ="<br">style=3D'font-size:<BR>12.0pt'> </SPAN></FONT></div><BR><BR> <div class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face='3D"Times' size=3 Roman? New><SPAN ="<br">style=3D'font-size:<BR>12.0pt'> </SPAN></FONT></div><BR><BR></DIV><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C6F5E1.6E07A7C0--<BR><BR><BR>--__--__--<BR><BR>Message: 2<BR>From: "Mike Hendrickson" <[email protected]><BR>To: "MOU-Net" <[email protected]><BR>Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:05:47 -0500<BR>Subject: [mou] Three-toed Woodpeckers<BR><BR>This is a multi-part message in MIME format.<BR><BR>------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C6F5EB.8E47FD00<BR>Content-Type: text/plain;<BR>charset="iso-8859-1"<BR>Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable<BR><BR>From the light house in Two Harbors walk along the main trail along Lake =<BR>Superior for at least 150 yards and this is where I discovered a male =<BR>Three-toed Woodpecker. I called Jim Lind who was birding with Denny =<BR>Martin, Barb Martin and Mike Steffes who were out looking for the =<BR>reported Three-toed Woodpecker seen on Saturday. While all of us were =<BR>enjoying the male Three-toed Woodpecker, Jim Lind spotted the female =<BR>Three-toed Woodpecker as it landed on the same tree as the male. The =<BR>trail between the light house and where the trail takes a 90 degree turn =<BR>to the north had at least 6 Black-backed Woodpeckers!! Some of the =<BR>Black-backed woodpeckers you could walk right up to them as the scraped =<BR>the bark off the spruce trees. I took a lot of photos as did Jim Lind =<BR>and Denny Martin. I will be putting my photos on my website this evening =<BR>after the Viking football game. Look for these photos in the "Recently =<BR>Seen" section of my website.<BR><BR>Other birds:<BR>-Western Grebe=20<BR>-Gray Jays<BR>-Red Crossbills<BR>-Northern Shrike<BR><BR>Michael Hendrickson<BR>Duluth, Minnesota<BR>http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/<BR>------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C6F5EB.8E47FD00<BR>Content-Type: text/html;<BR>charset="iso-8859-1"<BR>Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable<BR><BR><BR><BR> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content='3D"text/html;' ="<br">charset=3Diso-8859-1"><BR> <META content='3D"MSHTML' name=3DGENERATOR 6.00.2900.2963?><BR> <STYLE></STYLE> <BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT face='3D"Comic' size=3 MS? Sans>From the light house in Two =<BR>Harbors walk=20<BR>along the main trail along Lake Superior for at least 150 yards and this =<BR>is=20<BR>where I discovered a male Three-toed Woodpecker. I called Jim Lind =<BR>who was=20<BR>birding with Denny Martin, Barb Martin and Mike Steffes who were out =<BR>looking for=20<BR>the reported Three-toed Woodpecker seen on Saturday. While all of us =<BR>were=20<BR>enjoying the male Three-toed Woodpecker, Jim Lind spotted the female =<BR>Three-toed=20<BR>Woodpecker as it landed on the same tree as the male. The trail =<BR>between=20<BR>the light house and where the trail takes a 90 degree turn to the north =<BR>had at=20<BR>least 6 Black-backed Woodpeckers!! Some of the Black-backed woodpeckers =<BR>you=20<BR>could walk right up to them as the scraped the bark off the spruce =<BR>trees. I took=20<BR>a lot of photos as did Jim Lind and Denny Martin. I will be putting my =<BR>photos on=20<BR>my website this evening after the Viking football game. Look for these =<BR>photos in=20<BR>the "Recently Seen" section of my website.</FONT></DIV><BR> <DIV><FONT face='3D"Comic' size=3 MS? Sans></FONT> </DIV><BR> <DIV><FONT face='3D"Comic' size=3 MS? Sans>Other birds:</FONT></DIV><BR> <DIV><FONT face='3D"Comic' size=3 MS? Sans>-Western Grebe </FONT></DIV><BR> <DIV><FONT face='3D"Comic' size=3 MS? Sans>-Gray Jays</FONT></DIV><BR> <DIV><FONT face='3D"Comic' size=3 MS? Sans>-Red Crossbills</FONT></DIV><BR> <DIV><FONT face='3D"Comic' size=3 MS? Sans>-Northern Shrike</FONT></DIV><BR> <DIV><FONT face='3D"Comic' size=3 MS? Sans></FONT> </DIV><BR> <DIV><FONT face='3D"Comic' size=3 MS? Sans>Michael =<BR>Hendrickson<BR>Duluth,=20<BR>Minnesota<BR><A=20<BR>href=3D"http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/">http://webpages.chart=<BR>er.net/mmhendrickson/</A></FONT></DIV><BR><BR>------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C6F5EB.8E47FD00--<BR><BR><BR>--__--__--<BR><BR>Message: 3<BR>To: mnbird <[email protected]>, MOU-net <[email protected]><BR>Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:18:40 -0500<BR>From: Sharon Stiteler <[email protected]><BR>Subject: [mou] Crex Meadows, WI report<BR><BR><BR>--Apple-Mail-7-705010446<BR>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit<BR>Content-Type: text/plain;<BR>charset=US-ASCII;<BR>delsp=yes;<BR>format=flowed<BR><BR>This isn't really Minnesota birding, but it's close enough for <BR>Minnesota birders to visit.<BR><BR>Last night I went with Stan Tekiela on his Crex Meadows evening crane <BR>viewing field trip. At dusk we watched at least 4 short-eared owls <BR>flying around and harassing a first year northern harrier--quite a <BR>fun show. Other species of interest including snow buntings, lapland <BR>longspurs, rough-legged hawk, merlin, trumpeter swans and sandhill <BR>cranes.<BR><BR>Another interesting observation was seeing a red-shouldered hawk <BR>perched on a highway sign on hwy 35 going north just past North Branch.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Sharon Stiteler<BR>www.birdchick.com<BR>Minneapolis, MN<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>--Apple-Mail-7-705010446<BR>Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable<BR>Content-Type: text/html;<BR>charset=ISO-8859-1<BR><BR>-khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">This isn't really Minnesota =<BR>birding, but it's close enough for Minnesota birders to visit. <DIV><BR ="<br">class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV> <DIV>Last night I went with Stan =<BR>Tekiela on his Crex Meadows evening crane viewing field trip.=A0 At dusk =<BR>we watched at least 4 short-eared owls flying around and harassing a =<BR>first year northern harrier--quite a fun show.=A0 Other species of =<BR>interest including snow buntings, lapland longspurs, rough-legged hawk, =<BR>merlin, trumpeter swans and sandhill cranes.</DIV> <DIV><BR ="<br">class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV> <DIV>Another interesting =<BR>observation was seeing a red-shouldered hawk perched on a highway sign =<BR>on hwy 35 going north just past North Branch.</DIV> <DIV><BR ="<br">class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><BR> <DIV><SPAN ="<br">class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; =<BR>border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; =<BR>font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: =<BR>normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; =<BR>-khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; =<BR>-apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; =<BR>white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "> <DIV>Sharon =<BR>Stiteler</DIV> <DIV>www.birdchick.com</DIV> <DIV>Minneapolis, =<BR>MN</DIV> <DIV><BR class='3D"khtml-block-placeholder"'></DIV> <DIV><BR ="<br">class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR ="<br">class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR>=<BR><BR>--Apple-Mail-7-705010446--<BR><BR><BR>--__--__--<BR><BR>Message: 4<BR>Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:56:51 -0500 (GMT-05:00)<BR>From: tana <[email protected]><BR>Reply-To: tana <[email protected]><BR>To: [email protected]<BR>Subject: [mou] north shore weekend birds<BR><BR>I took a break from homework and visited the north shore this weekend with my parents. We saw around sixty species, with the following being our better finds -<BR><BR>10/21<BR>RED-NECKED GREBE - Five Mile Rock<BR>CACKLING GOOSE - Two Harbors Golf Course<BR>SNOW GOOSE - Two Harbors Golf Course (a few blue morphs present)<BR>ROSS'S GOOSE - 2 at Two Harbors Golf Course<BR>BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER - Two Harbors - Lighthouse Point<BR>GRAY JAY - a few along Highway 61, including one feeding on a roadkilled deer<BR>MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD - refound the individual at Bayfront Park - right along the canal - it was on the cement objects there (don't know exactly what they're called)<BR>AMERICAN PIPIT - many spots<BR>LAPLAND LONGSPUR - many spots<BR>SNOW BUNTING - many spots<BR><BR>10/22<BR>SNOW GOOSE - Park Point<BR>SURF SCOTER - Park Point<BR>WHITE-WINGED SCOTER - Park Point<BR>AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER - 1 male at Brighton Beach - near the outhouse<BR><BR>The crows were migrating in very large numbers. Also saw numerous juvenile bald eagles and found a dead lake sturgeon at Park Point.<BR><BR>Good birding to everyone!<BR><BR>Keith Pulles, Wright County<BR><BR><BR>--__--__--<BR><BR>Message: 5<BR>From: "Benjamin Fritchman" <[email protected]><BR>To: [email protected]<BR>Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 16:54:02 -0500<BR>Subject: [mou] CAGU & other NW birds<BR><BR>Bob Dunlap and I spent Saturday and Sunday birding Mahnomen, Norman, Polk, <BR>Clay, and Wilkin Counties. Our best bird was found this morning around 11, <BR>which was the California Gull at the Hawley landfill. It was relocated a <BR>little later by Kim Eckert and his MBW group, but it was on the east side of <BR>190th st. in a gravel pit when he found it. Bob and I originally had it in <BR>the dump itself on the west side of the road. Some pictures were taken by <BR>Bob and I, and notes were taken. Here are some of the better birds from this <BR>weekend:<BR>Saturday:<BR>Gray Jay-Norman County-Just north of Syre on Hwy. 32 in a pine and cedar <BR>grove, across from the cemetery.<BR>Bohemian Waxwing-Mahnomen County-1 bird in the town of Mahnomen across the <BR>Hwy. from the casino in a crabapple tree.<BR>Surf Scoter-Polk County-Oak Lake near Erskine.<BR>Short-eared Owl-Polk County-4 miles south of the CR 44 and CR 45 junction SE <BR>of Crookston, then 1/2 mile east.<BR>Great Horned Owl-Polk County-calling at the same location as the <BR>Short-eared, sounded like it was coming from a woodlot to the north.<BR>We ran into Kim Eckert's group, and they had 2 Gray Jays at different <BR>locations in Polk Co. They're coming!<BR>Sunday:<BR>California Gull-I noticed a gull that was larger than the surrounding RB <BR>Gulls, and after it turned its head, I could see its bill which had a red <BR>gony and a black line on the bill. I immediately called Bob over and <BR>together we saw all the remaining neccessary field marks. Also present were <BR>Ring-billed and Herring Gulls which gave us excellent comparisons.<BR>Gray Jay was not relocated in Clay County.<BR><BR><BR><BR>82 species for the weekend. Other birds seen were Snow Buntings in small <BR>flocks, 1 Common Redpoll in Norman Co. 1 Northern Shrike at Waubun WMA. <BR>Tundra Swans at a few locations. 1 Rough legged Hawk in Wilkin. Cackling <BR>Geese in several spots. 12 LB dowitchers at the Moorhead Sewage Ponds. 1 <BR>Pectoral Sandpiper at the Breckenridge Sewage Ponds. Longspurs and Pipits in <BR>small numbers. Raptors migrating in good numbers, especially in Mahnomen <BR>county. Thanks to Bob Dunlap for his eagle eyes which made this weekend more <BR>enjoyable by an exponential amount. Thanks also to Kim and his group who <BR>gave us tips on birds in the area. All in all a cold but great weekend.<BR><BR>Ben Fritchman<BR><BR>_________________________________________________________________<BR>Get today's hot entertainment gossip <BR>http://movies.msn.com/movies/hotgossip?icid=T002MSN03A07001<BR><BR><BR>--__--__--<BR><BR>Message: 6<BR>From: "Jim Lind" <[email protected]><BR>To: [email protected]<BR>Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:49:57 -0600<BR>Subject: [mou] Cook County sightings<BR><BR>Ann Russ reported that she found a Townsend Solitaire, Black-backed <BR>Woodpecker, and Gray Jays at Taconite Harbor today, as well as two <BR>more Black-backed Woodpeckers at Temperance River State Park.<BR><BR>I also have a belated report from October 15th of a Varied Thrush in <BR>a flock of American Robins in Grand Marais near 3rd Street and West <BR>3rd Avenue.<BR><BR>Jim Lind<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>--__--__--<BR><BR>Message: 7<BR>From: "Williams, Bob" <[email protected]><BR>To: "MNBird ([email protected])" <[email protected]>,<BR>"MOU ([email protected])" <[email protected]><BR>Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:52:41 -0500<BR>Subject: [mou] Plegadis Ibis in Pope County<BR><BR>--_C915C21E-70CC-4915-89EE-194BE5322029_<BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR>Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable<BR><BR>Late this afternoon I found a Plegadis Ibis on the east side of Lake Johann=<BR>a WPA in SE Pope County(about 3 miles WSW of the town of Brooten which is i=<BR>n SW Stearns County). It was seen on the west side of Co. Rd.=20<BR>37 at 4 tenths of a mile south of Co. Rd. 8. It was at least 200 yards awa=<BR>y so no chance to look for any distinguishing marks facing into strong, col=<BR>d winds.<BR>Bob Williams, Bloomington =20<BR><BR>--_C915C21E-70CC-4915-89EE-194BE5322029_<BR>Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR>Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable<BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=#3d0000 size=3>Late this afternoon I foun=<BR>d a Plegadis Ibis on the east side of Lake Johanna WPA in SE Pope=<BR>County(about 3 miles WSW of the town of Brooten which is in SW Stearn=<BR>s County). It was seen on the west side of Co. Rd. </=<BR>FONT></DIV><BR> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=#3d0000 size=3>37 at 4 tenths of a mile s=<BR>outh of Co. Rd. 8. It was at least 200 yards away so no chance to loo=<BR>k for any distinguishing marks facing into strong, cold winds.</FONT></DIV><BR> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=#3d0000 size=3>Bob Williams, Bloomington&=<BR>nbsp; </FONT></DIV><BR><BR>--_C915C21E-70CC-4915-89EE-194BE5322029_--<BR><BR><BR>--__--__--<BR><BR>Message: 8<BR>From: "Joel Claus" <[email protected]><BR>To: [email protected], [email protected]<BR>Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:24:13 -0500<BR>Subject: [mou] Purgatory Creek LBBG and Albinistic Red-Tailed Hawk<BR><BR>About 5:15 PM this evening I observed an Adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL in a <BR>mixed flock of Herring and Ring-Billed Gulls in the Purgatory Creek wetland <BR>near the junction of 212 and Hwy 5 in Eden Prairie.<BR><BR>Earlier this afternoon (2 PM) I had a quick look at the albinistic <BR>Red-Tailed hawk that was reported last week by David Remiger. It was in <BR>roughly the same location near the junction of Prairie Center drive and 78th <BR>street. I only saw the back side of the bird as it perched in a tree and <BR>saw no trace of pigmentation. It was pure snowy white - cool bird!<BR><BR><BR><BR>--__--__--<BR><BR>Message: 9<BR>Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:28:10 -0500<BR>From: "Clark, Scott" <[email protected]><BR>To: <[email protected]><BR>Subject: [mou] North Shore Birding and others<BR><BR>This is a multi-part message in MIME format.<BR><BR>------_=_NextPart_001_01C6F6A7.21DAB508<BR>Content-Type: text/plain;<BR>charset="us-ascii"<BR>Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable<BR><BR>Highlights of the Northshore-LeConte's Sparrow at Flood Bay, a late<BR>juvenile y.b. sapsucker at the Two Harbors lighthouse, a kestrel<BR>"hawking" and terrifying a group of snow buntings at Kittichi Gama Park<BR>( Friday October 20th ) and a late Tennessee Warbler in Duquette (Pine<BR>County) on June 21st. 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