Nice report Alyssa, I re-found the Harlequin on New Year's day along with some of the others you mentioned. Missing for me were the scaup and Ring-necked ducks! My bonus bird for the day was a Pileated Woodpecker crossing over Hwy 10 on the way home!
I've been to MSP three times now and have yet to see the Snowy. I saw the R-T and wondered the same thing as you - is it keeping the Snowy away? I may try again tomorrow on the way to work around sunrise. Oh Yeah, I saw a small flock of robins in the fruit trees of the 1700 building on 82nd St. and 35w this morning too. Nice way to start the year off. Good Birding! -- Sincerely, Jim Ryan on St. Paul's Westside 651-308-0234 business cell "A man who dares to waste an hour of time has not discovered the value of life." - Charles Darwin On Jan 2, 2008 4:56 PM, alyssa <tiger150 at comcast.net> wrote: > Bob Dunlap and I did some birding today (1/2/08.) We started out at the > MLS Airport on the desperate hunt for a Snowy Owl. We didn't find one. > > Then we drove to Point Douglas, where we spent the majority of the > afternoon. The Barrow's Goldeneye was there when we arrived, amidst the > Common's. After getting marvelous looks and comparisons, we found the > Harlequin Duck, a loner that was close to the docks, but soon drifted out > towards the rest of the activity. The Barrow's Goldeneye was spotted briefly > again in the same vicinity. A few other waterfowl of note includes 2 Am. > Coots, 2 displaying Redheads, 8 Trumpeter Swans, a Ring-necked Duck, and a > side-by-side comparison between a Greater and Lesser Scaup (both males.) > > Next we saw the Tufted Titmouse in Hastings. It was at the feeders upon > our arrival. (S/he even called a few times for us!) A Northern Shrike along > 180th St. > > Hoping to find the Snowy's, we drove back to the MLS Airport at 3:45pm, > and we tried Cargo Road and surrounding roads 3 times! But, naturally, (with > both bad lucks combined), no Snowy Owl. We noted that there was a R-T Hawk > perched in the same spot, so we concluded either the R-T Hawk kept the owl > away, or the owl dressed up in a R-T Hawk costume. Oh well. > > Good birding to all~ > > Alyssa DeRubeis > tiger150 at comcast.net > > This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. > Mailing list membership available on-line at > http://moumn.org/subscribe.html. > ----- > To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request at moumn.org with a > subject of unsubscribe. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080102/84d83854/attachment.html
