The Roseville Varied Thrush is an easy find and quick stake-out; I've just come from there, and enjoyed great views of the bird. Take Snelling Ave. north, past Rosedale and past County C; County C2 is not much farther north, On C2 go right, or east, crossing Hamline, and proceed east to Merrill. There's a "No Parking' sign on C2, but you can park on Merrill. You can't miss the loaded crab-apple trees on the NE corner, and you won't need to leave your car. After after several minutes, the bird flew in to eat, briefly. Around 10 to 15 minutes later, it returned, grabbed a bit more food, then sat in the tree to sun itself. There were many robins flying in and out of the crab-apple, and between them and the complexities of the fruited foliage, it was not always easy to pick out the bird, unless you concentrated on the faces and throats. It was a very rewarding search, however! Good luck, Scott. Linda Whyte
On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Scott Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Doug, where is this and how far away? Is it a pretty bird, or phased out > for winter. It sounds like a good digiscope opp. Unless you can get close > enough for a drive buy. > > My lower back is shot! > > Scott > > On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Doug Kieser <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The Varied Thrush is still present this morning (Sunday), feeding under >> and in the crabapples on the corner of Merrill and C2. >> >> Doug Kieser >> Minneapolis >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Linda Sparling <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 5:33 PM >> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Subject: [mou-net] Varied Thrush in Ramsey Cty seen 2/7 >> >> >> I and other observers saw the Varied Thrush in the same location reported >> by Liz yesterday. He >> >> comes periodically the the crabapple trees right on the corner of County >> C2 and Merrill. I observed >> >> him in the afternoon, but others I spoke to indicated that he'd been seen >> at various times throughout >> >> the day. >> >> Also in the area - Common Redpolls, and (reported by others) White-winged >> Crossbills and Pine >> >> Siskins. >> >> >> >> >> Linda Sparling >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ---- >> Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >> Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >> >> This message contains information which may be confidential and >> privileged. Unless you are the intended recipient (or authorized to receive >> this message for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disseminate >> or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained in the >> message. If you have received the message in error, please advise the sender >> by reply e-mail, and delete the message. Thank you very much. >> _______________________________________________ >> mnbird mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird > > > _______________________________________________ > mnbird mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird > > ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
