Around noon today we saw four Western Kingbirds on the wires along Hwy-10 in Ramsey. The first pair were at the NW corner of the intersection of Hwy-10 and CR56/Ramsey Blvd. They were flying back and forth from the wire to a tree there - we suspect there will be a nest there again. Also there on the river side of CR56 was a Vesper Sparrow on the fence and a male Horned Lark by the bank driveway, great close looks at both. My husband thinks he could see an Osprey on the nest by the river, but too far for me to second that motion.
Two more Kingbirds on the wires by Diamonds Bar, west of there between Ramsey and CR83/Armstrong, apparently not bothered by the full lot for the flea market. Also a soaring Bald Eagle just past Armstrong. Checked out Jarvis/165th Ave, but only an Eastern Bluebird by the Cargill Farm. This used to be a reliable spot for Kingbirds, along the RR tracks at both ends of that triangle, including a nesting with four or five juvs in 2005(?), along 165th right by an informal dirt bike track. We've not found them the past two summers though, since Elk River coverted that track to a manicured field of some sort. They could be gone, or maybe have moved away from the road down the tracks by the farm. Thanks, Steve, for the time-to-check-out-Hwy-10 post. Erika Sitz Ramsey, north Anoka County -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080601/7229cac6/attachment.html
