I got out between sprinkles and errands, heard several Ruby-crowned Kinglets singing in spruces near Schroeder Town Hall, plus song sparrows, grackles etc. Also a warbler song, not sure which one, might have been a yellow-rump, but the fog was so low I couldn't see what was in the trees! Fog lifted a bit after noon, but then it was very quiet.
Forgot we had one or two Palm Warblers in the neighborhood most of last week, and up to 6 Purple Finches have been fairly steady visitors, usually just 1 or 2. Carol T. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim & Carol Tveekrem" <[email protected]> To: "MOU-net" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "Carlsen" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 9:29 AM Subject: [mou] raining birds in Cook Co. | Northeast wind quit for a couple days. Birds kept moving in from Sunday | night and still coming. Lake mostly fogged in. Little time to bird, | unfortunately, but have had the following hanging around grabbing what seed | we have left: | | Bobolink male here 5/9 and today | Redwinged blackbirds - about 20, mostly 2nd year male, the rest female | Common grackle - some have been here for weeks, more today | (still waiting for Rusty and Brewer's blackbirds) | Brown-headed cowbirds | Evening Grosbeaks - 3 lit up the deck this morning | Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 male 5/9, briefly | Juncos - few now, probably local breeders | Harris's Sparrow - 1 just landed | White-crowned Sp. - 2 or 3, just arrived a few days ago | White-throated Sp. - still arriving by the dozens | Chipping Sp. - 50 or more any time I look out the window for more than a | week | Song Sp. - territorial birds chasing everything else off their property | ( Tree Sparrows have gone north) | Goldfinches to brighten up a dreary day | Pine siskins by the dozen, but we're just about out of thistle seeds | Golden-crowned Kinglets in small numbers | Yellow rumped Warblers on trails above Caribou R., very few, and only | warbler we've seen yet, except for that lone Pine | NO thrushes except Robins. Heard Bluebirds one day last week. | Phoebes only flycatchers so far | Tree swallows investigating martin house, probably feeding mostly on inland | lakes | Migrating Sharp-shinned Hawks | Kestrels, but so far fewer than nested near here last summer | | Now to get out and see what else has arrived. | | Some of our neighbors a mile or so away had a bear trash their feeders, so | time to get ours emptied out. | | Jim & Carol Tveekrem | | _______________________________________________ | mou-net mailing list | [email protected] | http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net |
