Speaking of red squirrels, a couple of CBCs ago, I announced to my party that I heard a Belted Kingfisher near the confluence of Minnehaha Creek and the Mississippi, where I often see a kingfisher on the CBC. Fortunately, it called persistently enough that I realized it was coming from the woods about 10 yards in from the creek. It was, of course, a red squirrel.
Julian ----- Original Message ----- From: "shawn conrad" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 6:58 PM Subject: RE: [mou] Blooper Stories > Usually stumps for grouse and clods of dirt in gravel roads for > sparrows....and during the great gray irruption a couple winters back, I > pulled over a couple of times on 61 near Lutsen to check out those &@#$% > plastic owls on the telephone poles. > > A few years back I worked on a raptor nest survey and reported hearing a > goshawk calling several times but it ceased before we could determine its > location. A couple of weeks later I bumped into a contracted researcher > who told me he had been calling off the same forest road that very day. > > A couple of years ago I led a short bird walk for some coworkers and on a > couple of occasions we heard red squirrels. I stopped the group in our > tracks and asked if anyone knew what kind of bird was calling. After a > pause, I got several responses, none of which included any kind of mammal. > It worked twice, but elicited groans after that. Unfortunately the > squirrels outnumbered the birds that day, so bad gags were all I had. > > Shawn Conrad > Bovey > > >>From: "Pastor Al Schirmacher" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]>, >><[email protected]>,<[email protected]>, >><[email protected]> >>Subject: [mou] Blooper Stories >>Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:40:13 -0500 >> >>Each of the 23 "blooper" stories has been well worth reading (insert >>multiple chuckles here). What do we mistake for birds? >> >>* Decoys & plastic images >>* Man made objects that are similar in shape (love the saucepan story) >>* Birders with tapes >>* Natural structures that are similar (including large droppings) >>* Mammals that sound or look like birds >> >>Not to mention the mis-speaking category (most common, "penguin" for >>"pelican"). >> >>Winner might be mistaking a birder for a moose, although we might have to >>create a separate category for this entry. >> >>Certainly there are more stories out there, particularly from either the >>more shy or well-known among us? >> >>Good birding! >> >>Al Schirmacher >>Princeton, MN >>Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties >> >>_______________________________________________ >>mou-net mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > [email protected] > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net >
